Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to advise schools to provide space for pupils experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19 to take rest breaks during the school day.
Children experiencing the long-term effects of COVID-19 should expect to have the same access to school as every other child with a long-term health condition.
The Department for Education’s guidance for schools, Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions: Statutory guidance for governing bodies of maintained schools and proprietors of academies in England, which details statutory duties. This includes Individual Health Plans (IHPs) which schools must maintain to enable children with long term medical conditions to have full access to education. IHPs can include ensuring that children with a medical need to do so, are able to take rest breaks during the school day along with other reasonable adjustments. A copy of the guidance is attached.