Face covering for pupils will be needed until 26 January, the government announced
Schools across the UK are re-opening after the Christmas break over the next week, with pupils being asked to take part in onsite Covid testing.
The four main teaching unions covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland - ASCL, NAHT, NEU and NASUWT - plus the GMB and Unison, have issued a joint statement calling for urgent steps to help schools. Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said that while he did not think anyone would be "over the moon" about masks being worn in schools, it was better than children missing out on learning.
He said he wanted the education secretary to set out the evidence behind the policy and what the government was doing to assess the impact of it on children's mental health, wellbeing, anxiety and education.
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