No decision on whether all primary school children in England go back to school next month
"Is it unlikely that the government's ambition for all children in primary school to return before the summer is going to happen?" asked committee chair, Robert Halfon."It is difficult to say. It will be totally led by the science," said Mr Gibb.
"The government's message has been undermined - and even though the law may not have been broken, the spirit of the law has indeed been broken," said Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis.Mr Gibb said that:"The reason we can even have this discussion is because of the success of people's commitment to social distancing."
"No-one asks how young people did in their Sats like they do GCSEs, A-levels, degree and technical qualifications."MPs also raised concerns that boys and children from ethnic minorities in Years 11 and 13 - who will receive their GCSE and A-levels results on the basis of teacher predictions and rankings - might be unfairly disadvantaged because of unconscious bias.
"The onus is on teachers to be as fair and accurate as they can be and, given their professionalism, I'm sure they will be." "Some won't have have left, some will be going into the sixth form in the school and will still have the relationship with the school.
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