Newark schools report increase in in-school learning during third national lockdown
| Updated: 17:08, 14 January 2021
The head of a Newark primary school says their teachers are managing, but feel anxious as hundreds of children returned to school, despite the national lockdown.
Mr Steven Chamberlain, head at Barnby Road Academy, reported four times as many children returned for in-school learning than in the first lockdown.
Barnby Road Academy, Newark (43941081)
However, despite an anxious situation, he said his staff were doing what was best for the children.
âIt definitely is the case,â said Mr Chamberlain, when asked if there had been an increase in key worker children returning to school compared to the first lockdown.