Should children be taught more about Britain’s involvement in slavery, and will you change the curriculum? Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says children must learn 'the good and the bad', but the UK “should be incredibly proud of our history”
he intended for all children in England to return to school full-time in September.
There's been some reaction to his plan. The head of the Association of School and College Leaders, Geoff Barton, said there had been an"information black hole" from the government. Schools and colleges are preparing for two scenarios in the autumn, he said - one with rotas to stagger the return of pupils and another with bringing back pupils five days a week.“He needs a plan for more teachers, to ask teachers who have left the profession to return, and he needs to be finding extra spaces in which they can teach smaller groups.
"We need to use the ingenuity that produced the Nightingale hospitals to produce the extra spaces we need." It added:"If the requirements of social distancing are reduced even to 1m, then most schools could not have 30 children in a classroom."
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