Parents will get two weeks notice before schools return in Scotland, says John Swinney
dailyrecord.co.ukschool first. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this week confirmed that schools will stay closed for most pupils until the middle of February at least.The policy has been in place since the beginning of the Christmas holidays and parents held out hope classroom learning could be back in early February.However, Sturgeon said community transmission of the virus is too high to allow a return at that point.At a media briefing, Swinney, who is also Deputy First Minister, said that a meeting of the Government’s Education Recovery Group met today to discuss the “early thinking” about schools reopening.Propositions include face-face-face learning for priority groupings and a “phased” learning approach, unlike in August when all pupils returned in one.
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