Education
Education unions set out key tests for reopening schools
The measures include extra money for deep cleaning and personal protective equipment.
Government advice on teachers not needing PPE is unhelpful
School staff on the front line are calling for protective equipment amid the Covid-19 crisis to protect their families.
Assistant headteacher delivers food to kids on free school meals
Zane Powles has handed out 75 lunches every day since the schools closed due to the pandemic on Friday March 20
Coronavirus UK: Care homes struggling as PPE prices skyrocket
One Surrey provider says prices have risen to ‘laughable’ levels as ‘unethical’ firms seek to cash in.
Burglars steal food filled freezers from school for children of key workers
Gosfield School says it is working with police
Coronavirus UK – All UK schools will shut but kids of NHS workers will still get taught
But the children of key workers, and children who are vulnerable, will be able to stay.
Coronavirus UK: Schools in Scotland & Wales to close
Boris Johnson told MPs during PMQs that further decisions on schools are ‘to be taken imminently’.
Some schools forced to close as coronavirus measures hit staff levels
Despite the official Government advice that schools should remain open, some have reported up to a third of staff are off sick or self-isolating.
Coronavirus UK – Teachers’ union accuses Government of creating ‘chaos and confusion’
Boris Johnson stopped short of announcing school closures on Monday.