Manchester Family Facebook page after mum Nicola Makin got in touch to say she and other parents feel that repeating the school year is the only way of keeping it 'academically fair'.
She said: "Realistically, our children will have missed the best part of six months of this school year if they return on March 8, which would leave them, at best, four months of ‘in school’ education.
This just doesn’t seem academically fair or correct." Hundreds of parents responded to our post and while many agreed with Nicola, others firmly object to the idea, questioning the logistics of it.
Angela Flaherty was among those in support of starting the year again."Yes I think they need to all be held back a year to be given chance to catch up," she said.
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