UNISON responds to COVID testing plans for English schools

UNISON’s national schools committee has today released a statement in response to the UK government’s announcements of mass testing in secondary schools in England next month, with some of those schools expected to move to online learning from 4 January as classroom returns are staggered to allow the testing regime to be set up.
The statement reads: “UNISON believes this is hugely ambitious and that announcing this on the last day of term is jaw-dropping and gives sch