Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has this afternoon announced that children who didn’t have access to a laptop or the internet are allowed to go back to school during the lockdown.
Responding to a question from Robert Halfon in the House of Commons, Mr Williamson said: “Children who didn’t have access to digital devices were able to access education in school and that is the same standard and same guidance that we are issuing today as well.
“We’ll be doing everything that we can do to ensure that children are not left behind.”
Guidance, issued yesterday, said vulnerable children and young people may include ‘those who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home (for example due to a lack of devices or quiet space to study)’
