Call comes after government said all primaries in London should remain closed next weekMinisters urged to close all schools in England for two weeksThe UK’S largest teaching union has called for all schools in England to remain closed for two further weeks at the end of the Christmas break after a government U-turn which means all primaries in London will be shut next week. The government bowed to protests and legal pressure from the capital’s local authorities. Dr Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the NEU, said the government needed to close schools in England before infection rates got out of control. The action provoked an emergency Cabinet Office meeting on New Year’s Day, which signed off on the revision, adding the remaining 10 London education authorities to the government’s “contingency areas”. We will continue to keep the list of local authorities under review, and reopen classrooms as soon as we possibly can,” Williamson said.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2021 18:08 UTC