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Mass Covid test plans for schools: what we know so far
Here’s everything we know to date about the DfE’s last-minute plan for mass Covid testing in schools after Christmas
18 December 2020
Army to help schools set up extra Covid testing sites
The Army is to be deployed to help schools plan for the rollout of mass Covid testing in the new year
17 December 2020
11th-hour ‘shambles’ on next term ‘beggars belief’
Unions criticise the timing of DfE announcement that will result in most secondary students starting the new term online
17 December 2020
Most secondary year groups to start next term online
Announcement today confirms government is delaying physical return to school for most secondary students as mass Covid testing begins
17 December 2020
Lack of clarity over term start ‘ludicrous’, DfE told
Schools are being put in an ‘impossible’ position over how the new term will begin in January, MPs tell top DfE official
17 December 2020
Making schools into ‘field hospitals’ may be ‘too much’
Heads question whether schools will be able find the staff, time or space to carry out mass Covid testing next year
16 December 2020
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