"Our NHS has made tremendous progress with the vaccination programme, so much so that those who represent the groups from which over 90% of the most severe symptoms of Covid come from should be vaccinated by the middle of February.
"Given the speed at which the NHS are vaccinating, we could vaccinate all teachers and school staff in the UK in less than a day - meaning that there would be no significant delay, but huge benefit in being able to make schools much safer and reducing the spread of Covid.
"Given the latest research on the Oxford Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, that shows that it could substantially reduce the spread of Covid, this only strengthens the argument to vaccinate those in schools. Reducing overall transmission helps us all.