POLL: Should children in England return to school from March 8?
SCHOOLS across the country will remain closed after the February half-term but could reopen from March 8, Boris Johnson has announced.
Speaking in Parliament yesterday, the Prime Minister told MPs getting pupils back in classrooms was the Government’s top priority.
But he said coronavirus case levels meant students would not return after half-term, but on March 8 at the earliest.
The date is based on progress in vaccinating the most vulnerable groups in society by mid-February and then giving the jab time to take effect.
Schools have been closed since national lockdown measures were introduced in January.
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