All over the country teachers, pupils and parents find themselves in an unprecedented situation. Parents are being expected to provide some form of home tuition, under the expert guidance of schools, which themselves are still facing the challenges of opening for the children of frontline workers.
We are in this for the long-haul, with many predicting that schools will be in a state of partial closure until the end of the summer term at least.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association for School and College Leaders, said schools needed to approach the organisation of home-based and in-school learning, in three phases.
“In phase 1 we need to get ourselves to Easter and provide some semblance of education for two groups of pupils: the children of key workers and ‘vulnerable’ pupils. The latter include the children of key workers, as well as those with Education, Health and Care Plans, who receive free school meals, who have special needs, and those who you would worry about leaving in their homes for days and weeks on end.”
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