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The Association of School and College Leaders has warned that shortfalls are having to be covered by other staff members, while school staff have said that parents have also been asked to help out – because many invigilators are worried about the risk of catching COVID-19 in schools or have found other jobs.she has put 'constant adverts out' for invigilators this year, and has trained two part-time librarians and some parents.
While one invigilator normally covers 30 students, they'll now have to oversee 40 students instead, while rules forbidding teachers from supervising their own subjects have been relaxed. 'Going into the sports hall, being there with another 250 children, sitting still for all that time, walking into that actual room - it's a bridge too far for many of them that are already feeling wobbly.'
'We simply can’t understand why the government does not take this simple step, particularly given that it has been so insistent about the importance of students sitting public exams.'
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