Sign up to the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kids The government has confirmed that bubbles and isolation will be scrapped in schools.
Following growing pressure to ditch the rules, which have seen thousands of pupils sent home to learn remotely - many on numerous occasions - Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed it will happen next month.
While it won't make any difference to the rest of this academic year, with children finishing in just a couple of weeks, it'll mean a big change for the new school year in September.
Close contacts of anyone testing positive for Covid will no longer need to isolate, preventing the need for schools to send whole classes or