When are children going back?March 8 is the date announced by the Prime Minister and it's likely primary schools will welcome all children back on that date.
However, in secondary schools and colleges, students will return 'from' that date and settings have the discretion to decide how to stagger pupils back over that week.The dates will largely depend on their ability to test all pupils and staff for Covid before they return to class.Schools have the 'flexibility to consider how best to deliver testing' - and have today been told they can start testing earlier than March 8 'if they would like to do so' - but they've been told to prioritise key worker and vulnerable children and year groups 10 to 13 first.Keep up to date with the biggest.
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