The Government has revised its plans to reopen schools 41 times since May 12 because of errors in judgment, an education union leader has claimed.
Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), has added to calls for ministers to rethink the reopening of schools on Monday.
Today she said many teachers think Boris Johnson and his team are "making it up as it goes along." Ministers have said their five key tests required for the easing of lockdown have been met - and schools will admit more pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 from Monday.
The prerequisites for lockdown easing were: Ensuring the NHS can cope; a "sustained and consistent" fall in the daily death rate; the rate of infection decreasing to