All London schools now closed.

[stayingaliveisawayoflife]

Emergency meeting today agreed it. All boroughs left off now included.

What?! Why hasn't this been reported?

Link, please?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/01/all-primary-schools-in-london-to-remain-closed-after-u-turn?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

Another u turn. If only they listened to teachers, unions, local authorities in the first place.

...bit I'm in a tier 4 area with a high infection rate and must return on Monday, nice.

I usually hate the ‘us vs them’ rhetoric around London and the UK but...

Why are the rest of us in tier 4 areas being left to fend for ourselves?

I thought we’d sneak through as open borough but I don’t care about supposed u turns. It changes daily.

@MegtheShark

I usually hate the ‘us vs them’ rhetoric around London and the UK but...

Why are the rest of us in tier 4 areas being left to fend for ourselves?

This.

Now just waiting to see if Kent County Council do the same. I'm due to go back Monday in a local primary school

Are there other area with high infection rates (noting that not all Tier 4 areas have high levels; they've put in Tier 4 for geography as much as anything)? If so, hopefully local councils will be emboldened by the London examples to also refuse to open.

@LumpySpacedPrincess

...bit I'm in a tier 4 area with a high infection rate and must return on Monday, nice.

Schools are open to keyworker children and vulnerable children. That means all support staff are in school, as well as a few teachers & SLT. It's just class teachers and office staff who will be working remotely.

It's not all schools, it's all primary schools. Maybe ask HQ to amend.

London rather than all Tier because in London lots of people live in one borough but send DC to schools in different ones, do nonsensical to have some open a d don’t shut.

Wonder when we will get confirmation of this?

I'd still like to know what the justification was for leaving Haringey and the 9 other boroughs off the list in the first place. The omission of Redbridge was apparently a mistake, but what about the rest?
I'm so sick of these last minute decisions, it's all been predictable, same with Brexit deal. It's crisis management at it's worst. This government is a laughing stock, except we're not laughing because the consequences of their ill-preparedness and lack of thought out policy are so serious.

It's just class teachers and office staff who will be working remotely.

Let me correct that ... it’s just SOME class teachers and office staff who will be working remotely.

I am office staff and will be working in school as normal to support my reacher colleagues who will be in working with quite a few of our children who are vulnerable or have keyworker parents.

It'll be everyone in T4 soon, and then the whole country.

How long before the rest of the country follows suit?

Sorry, you are quite right, I should have clarified that in my post.

I think by the end of next week at the latest Stealth.

Z list, are secondaries open in London?

I'm in Thanet hoping they'll change things before monday. I have 2 primary school children that have to attend. I don't think it's safe

Why is the bbc not reporting this? No mention of it on Twitter?

Fed up with London always getting their own way. Should have never been in Tier 2 now their kids get to stay safe but mine don't. Government only cares about its own place of residence

@Zlistceleb

It's not all schools, it's all primary schools. Maybe ask HQ to amend.

I think the secondaries were already due to be closed though, so I guess technically all schools are closed now.