Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire PUPILS at 14 schools across Glasgow do not have local access to branded uniforms and must order from a shop in Stirling it is claimed. During a full council meeting Labour’s education spokeswoman councillor Aileen McKenzie asked the city convener, councillor Chris Cunningham, if he agreed that school uniforms should be reasonably prices and stocked locally. Ms McKenzie asked: “Would the city convener also agree that it is not acceptable that during these restrictive times 14 schools across Glasgow can only buy school branded items from a shop in Stirling which is currently closed. “They are only taking orders via the internet excluding families with no access to the internet and delivery taking over one month.”
EVEN Swindon Primary School will not be reopening on Monday because teachers have invoked legal rights over safety fears. The Rodbourne school s headteacher Alison Lowe wrote to parents and carers on Sunday afternoon to inform them of the decision and signpost advice about free school meals and remote learning equipment. She said: The governors and I have had to come to the difficult decision to close. A significant number of teaching staff, and at this point an unknown number of support staff, are following union advice and invoking their rights under section 44 of the employment at work act and stating that it is unsafe to be in school with a class of children.
THE National Education Union has accused the government of ignoring warnings from scientists and putting people at risk as pupils return to schools. The NEU has advised teachers and support staff in Swindon and Wiltshire to invoke section 44 of the employment at work act and state that it is unsafe to be in school with a class of children. Even Swindon Primary School staff acted on the union s advice which led head Alison Lowe to decide to close the school on Monday. Shaw Ridge Primary School then announced that it too would be staying closed on Monday as an emergency but did not provide further details.