Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has this afternoon tried to reassure parents it would be safe to send their children back to school whilst also commenting “we owe it to the children” to get pupils back in school.
Reaffirming government plans to reopen schools from 1 June, Mr Williamson said: “There are some who would like to delay the wider opening of schools but there is a consequence to this.
“The longer that schools are closed the more children miss out. Teachers know this. Teachers know that there are children out there that have not spoken or played with another child of their own age for two months.
“They know there are children from difficult or very unhappy homes for whom school is the happiest moment in their week and it’s also the safest place for them to be.”
