direct to your inboxMatt Hancock has stressed to parents that schools are for key workers' children only during the third national lockdown.
It comes after rows erupted over parents 'needlessly' taking up key worker spaces in schools. The Manchester Evening Newsreported earlier this week how some key workers said they'd been refused places for their children, despite working in schools and for the NHS.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson also said earlier this week that kids who didn't have access to digital devices are allowed to come in to learn in classrooms - alongside the children of key workers.This lead to schools reporting increased demands for places for students in schools and colleges despite being told to learn remotely until.
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