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Children wearing facemasks during a lesson at Outwood Academy in Woodlands, Doncaster in Yorkshire
THE British and Scottish governments have both been warned that they must strengthen their Covid-19 safety strategies for schools, with calls for improved ventilation and other interventions to protect workers as cases rise.
Trade unions in England wrote to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi over the weekend to make the case for the reintroduction of additional safety measures, while Scottish Labour branded the SNP government’s school ventilation strategy “farcical and dangerous.”
In their letter, the five unions — GMB, Unite, public service union Unison, teachers’ union the NASUWT, and the National Education Union (NEU) — pointed out that several local authorities have reintroduced restrictions to tackle a recent rise in case numbers.
NEU members at Woodfield School in north London are taking sustained industrial action against enforced cuts to learning support assistants’ hours and pay. MARY ADOSSIDES reports
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
