Schools: Attendance

(asked on 27th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to enable school age children to attend school whose parents cannot work from home and are employed in jobs which are not listed as key; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 4th May 2020

Schools will remain closed until further notice, except for children of critical workers and vulnerable children.

Schools will only reopen for additional children when the scientific advice indicates it is safe to do so. The Department will engage closely with the sector on any approach taken.

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