Parents back daily Covid testing to avoid children having to be sent home from schools and colleges
The testing means close contact pupils can stay in class instead of remote learning
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Students would be tested daily for seven consecutive school days (Image: PA)
Parents have shown support for a testing scheme that would mean fewer isolations from schools and colleges when someone tests positive for Covid. We reported last week how Westhoughton High School in Bolton is among 10 schools in the country to join the clinical trial, which means that students who are classed as close contacts of a positive case are able to remain in school.
Parents risk fines if they keep children off when schools reopen on March 8
The government has made it clear that attendance will be mandatory
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Parents could be fined if they refuse to send their children back to school next month. And the announcement has had a mixed reaction from parents - with some eager to get their children back to class, but others fearing it s too soon and will lead to a surge in infection rates.
The government has made it clear that attendance will be mandatory (Image: PA)
Either way, the government has made it clear that attendance will be mandatory and parents will have a legal duty to secure their child s attendance at school.
Parents divided over schools in England reopening on March 8
Families want kids back in class, but some feel it s happening too soon
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Parents are divided over the plans to get pupils back in school on March 8.
With growing fears that unlocking too quickly could spark another surge in infections, he had been urged to take a similar approach to Scotland and Wales, which have opted for a phased return of pupils - with the youngest starting back in primaries today.
But Boris Johnson insisted that while lifting the lockdown will result in more cases, infections and sadly more deaths , that is inevitable whenever it s done and told ministers that classrooms are the safest place for our young people to be .
The full list of more than 100 Greater Manchester schools praised by parents for going above and beyond during lockdown
Families have been sharing the schools and teachers they want to thank for supporting pupils through the pandemic
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Parents have praised the teachers who have helped their children during lockdown (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)
Parents have been praising the teachers and schools who have gone above and beyond to help children in Greater Manchester throughout lockdown. As executive headteacher Chris Hanson praised families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank - and we were inundated with suggestions.