Schools have been told to remain open where possible and bring in outside help if needed - but many may see the return of remote learning
that “online learning is better than no learning at all” and that minimum safe teacher-to-pupil ratios would force some classrooms to close. “Unlike the NHS we cannot draft in the Army,” the source said.
Children entitled to free school meals who are being educated remotely in such instances should be provided with a “good quality lunch parcel,” it adds. The union has declared seven days of walkouts in February and March, but it has said any individual school will only be affected by four of the days.
The first day of strikes will be on February 1 and more than 23,000 schools in England and Wales are expected to be affected, the NEU has said.
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