Teachers fear schools could be shut until Easter with children kept out of the classroom in Covid-19 hotspots. Steve Chalke, head of the Oasis Academy Trust chain, says that teachers are frightened of catching the virus in schools but will feel safer when the weather warms up in spring.
He understands that the feeling among teachers was that schools would not reopen until after Easter, when the weather was warmer - while it is reported that schools in Covid hotspots could be the last to open.
It comes as there is confusion and bluster from the Government over exactly when schools could reopen their gates. February 22 was the earliest date lockdown was meant to ease, with schools opening and England returning to a tier system. When do you