Teachers and pupils should receive weekly coronavirus tests to prevent schools being forced to close again by outbreaks, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.
Anne Longfield suggested the move as she warned that shutting schools again should be "an absolute last resort" rather than a "default option".
She said it appeared children had been "forgotten in the relaxation" of restrictions and said she had been "dismayed" when ministers prioritised reopening shops, theme parks and zoos ahead of schools.
However she welcomed Boris Johnson's insistence that getting children back in the classroom was a top priority. It comes as Prime Minister said it was a "moral duty" to reopen schools to all pupils from September - and suggested he