Proposals have been drawn up to demand pupils are kept at school for another two and a half hours each week, The Times reports. The Mirror understands the final proposals by 'catch-up tsar' Sir Kevan Collins are due to be published within days. School Standards minister Nick Gibb said earlier this year it was one of the proposals being looked at by Sir Kevan. Now, according to The Times, a leaked presentation written by Sir Kevan says children will face a 35-hour week minimum. Face masks could return in some schools if there are local outbreaks, and twice weekly home testing for school pupils remain in place to control infection rates.

Source: Daily Mirror June 01, 2021 01:26 UTC