Here we are again in what has become a familiar pattern with government announcements during the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
It goes like this. The government is due to make a big decision on education. The lull before the storm is filled with speculation about what that decision will be, calls for something to happen or not happen, and briefings given to journalists by unnamed sources.
For those on the receiving end – the staff in our schools and colleges, parents and pupils – it is unsettling and worrying to be surrounded by this swirl of uncertainty.
On this occasion, the decision is whether schools will re-open on Monday, March 8, to all pupils, or if there will be a phased approach with groups of pupils brought back in stages. The prime minister is due to reveal all next week.
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