Boris Johnson could open schools during the period pupils would ordinarily be on summer break, it has been reported. Ministers are said to be looking at keeping schools open an extra two weeks.
Classrooms could be instructed to keep doors and windows open in a bid to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
A two-week extension of the school year would see pupils continuing to attend classes into the first week of August. The missed summer holidays time would then be tacked on to existing autumn and winter breaks.
Robert Halfon, the Tory chairman of the Education Select Committee, told Sunday Times a change to the school year is being mulled by ministers.