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‘I’m not willing to risk my life over it,’ one music teacher says

Children in poorest households and rural areas most affected

‘We will deregister them from the school system and home educate until we think it is safe,’ says one mother

‘Are the books behind Boris artfully arranged with a secret political agenda and commentary on the current government?’

Disadvantaged children were around 1.5 years of learning behind other pupils in 2019 and this figure ‘seems almost certain to have increased’, Education Policy Institute chief says

Plan would see some year groups sent home on certain weeks to reduce pupil numbers in schools

Government going further than WHO guidance

Exam board has apologised for ‘frustration and additional uncertainty’ over delayed grades

Schools in Scotland will require masks in common areas but the Westminster government has not taken similar action