Schools in areas with high coronavirus rates could remain closed after the February half term, Gavin Williamson has hinted. The Education Secretary told MPs he wanted to reopen schools as soon as possible but admitted pupils could be forced to stay home in "some areas of particular concern." Primary and secondary schools in England were shut during the third national lockdown, after a last-minute u-turn by the Government.
Boris Johnson has said he wants schools to be the first thing to reopen when restrictions begin easing but it will be looked at in the first review of lockdown measures in mid-February.
Mr Williamson faced a grilling by the Education Committee, where Tory chairman Robert Halfon called for a commitment to reopening schools
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