able to get supply teachers. this school has kept strict covid measures. when there is a case, parents are asked to lateral flow test their children. every classroom has an air purifier machine, bought by the school. despite all their efforts, it is much worse than last term. we have got more children off this week than we did during the whole of the autumn term, and we ve got more staff off this week than we did during the whole of the autumn term. so this morning, it s about covering a few classes where the teachers have tested positive for covid, and just difficulties getting supply teachers, so we are trying to put contingencies in ahead of time, pre empting the phone call. today s figures show some schools have been hit hard. most pupils are still learning in class, not at home, as schools in england try to ride out this latest covid wave. branwenjeffreys,
this is how the school day starts in rochdale. there s 32 staff absent at the moment, 20 staff need covering. checking how many staff are off, 32 this morning, including 11 teachers. how many supply have we got in? five supply. five supply? morning, everybody! chris, the head teacher, is just trying to keep it normal for pupils. but it s a constantjuggling act. ladies, mask on properly, please. it s becoming increasingly more challenging, even though we plan ahead and we try and book as many supply teachers as we think we need for the week, the changes in absence on a day by day basis change so quickly that we have to try and be one step ahead. so they are merging some lessons today. the head of maths, irfan ashraf, took a double class. 50 year nine pupils learning together. the two points that it crosses, draw a straight line through. l so they get specialist teaching. this kind of contingency planning shows the lengths schools are willing to go to to keep pupils learning in schoo
tomorrow, there will be snow on the leading edge and for some at low levels. time to get the news where you are. good morning from the news teams in london and the south east. the chair of the kent association of headteachers has warned schools face a perfect storm this term amid fears over teacher absences and shortages of lateral flow tests. mike walters is concerned about a potential shortfall of supply teachers as more staff have to self isolate. a meeting is due today between kent headteachers, the department for education and council officials to discuss the challenges. nearly a quarter of a million stop and searches were carried out by the metropolitan police in the last 12 months, but black people were nearly four times as likely to be stopped as white people. it s one of the measures used by police to tackle knife crime. in a roundtable discussion.
this week than we did during the whole of the autumn term. so, this morning, it s about covering a few classes where the teachers have tested positive for covid, and just difficulties getting supply teachers, so we re trying to put contingencies in ahead of time, pre empting the phone call. today s figures show some schools have been hit hard. most pupils are still learning in class, not at home, as schools in england try to ride out this latest covid wave. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, birmingham. restrictions on large outdoor events in scotland, including football matches and concerts, are to be lifted from next monday. the move will allow fans to return to stadiums when the scottish premiership s winter break ends and it means scotland s six nations rugby matches won t have to be played behind closed doors at murrayfield. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, outlined the new rules a little earlier.
look convincing. brute so i will call it a rap. he made it look convincing. so i will call it a rap. he made it look convincinu. ~ ., , ., look convincing. we made it his own! thank you. look convincing. we made it his own! thank you, mike. it s the end of the first week back at school for teachers and students around the country this week. but with 0micron infections still spreading, a teaching union is warning that schools are teetering on the edge with significant staff absences in english primary schools recorded on the first day of term. paul whiteman represents the national association of head teachers. good morning to you, is it a good morning? it is, it is tough out there and schools are doing anything they can in pursuit of the mission of keeping face to face education going as well as it possibly can. 0ur survey this week of 2000 school leaders suggests that a third of schools have more than 10% of staff of four covid related reasons already. it appears that through the