Education chiefs in Rochdale have warned the borough's schools won't reopen until it's safe for children and staff. In a letter to parents they say they are 'determined to do the right thing for our children, families and schools', but caution 'this may not fit with the expectations or timescale of government'.
On Sunday Boris Johnson announced the Government's intention to partially reopen schools on June 1 as he outlined plans to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
But in the letter Rochdale's director of children's services Gail Hopper and Coun Kieran Heakin, portfolio holder for children's services, says they are writing to parents because the PM's speech 'appears to have created more questions and concerns'.