English schools pause ‘the right thing to do’, says UNISON

Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) that primary schools in England will not have to open up to more pupils before the end of the summer term, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said:
“This was the right thing to do. As important as it is to open up schools, the challenges of bringing back all children in the next few weeks would simply have been too great.
“There have already been Covid cases in schools and many support staff and parents remain understandably anx