Do you think schools will close again?

[Beebityboo]

I'm disabled and considering removing my DC's from school in the near future. There are various reasons for this but obviously the number one thing I'm worried about is Covid. My DD was terribly unwell last year and I'm terrified to put her at risk again I also don't want to leave them without a mum. Numbers are rising, there is no testing and there are multiple children off in each of their classes. We also live close to an area that has absoloutely exploded in cases this week. I'm completely petrified.
After begging for flexibility and support from the school I've been told their hands are tied. Either send them in or deregister them altogether.
However I'm concerned I'll deregister, then the schools will close anyway and we'll have given up their places at a good school for no reason.
I'm massively struggling at the moment and just really need some advice. Every day I send them in I just feel sick to my stomach.
Please be gentle with me. I don't want schools to close, I just want some flexibility over the winter months.

As the weather gets colder, windows will have to be closed. Minimum room temp stuff is still in place.

And I fucking detest attendance rewards. THis is a nasty system that excludes anyone who has health needs.

Pontyprid

School returns to the DfE.
No not an area with high COVID cases.

Attendance normal at our school, in fact both my DD’s classes had a class treat last Friday as they’d had 100% class attendance for the week.

This is a absolutely appalling.

What did you decide, OP?

My younger two are still at school but we will probably be deregistering my year 8 DD this week. Her head teacher has been great and given us time to keep her home and really think about it but I just don't think sending her back is the right thing to do. We will probably home ed until next year. With the younger two I'm just taking every day as it comes but I'm finding it really difficult. I'm finding everything difficult right now to be honest .

Yes they will close. Several have around me and others have whole years of several hundred isolating.

On a local/regional level maybe I doubt though national
In my area I think only 4 year groups in 4 schools in my small area 20 in my whole county have shut year groups. None closed at all
It varies now

@canigooutyet

As the weather gets colder, windows will have to be closed. Minimum room temp stuff is still in place.

And I fucking detest attendance rewards. THis is a nasty system that excludes anyone who has health needs.

As the weather gets colder, windows will have to stay open because it’s the most basic protection against Covid in an environment which is already risky. If we drop below 26c we’ll have to close. I will not work in an environment with over 30 people and no ventilation. You can’t just say ‘Oh well, it’s a bit chilly, best just shot windows and infect everyone’.

@deflationexasperation

Cardi we managed with a large cohort, many very disadvantaged pupils and we managed to get most on line and learning. If your connection drops out, the school should be working now to get lessons recorded. We used a mix of Google hangouts and Google meet. With some zoom thrown in. Sometimes just work posted but mostly some live contact m

I delivered recorded lessons all through lockdown. It’s the insistence on live I’m objecting to.

As of the 22nd October, under the Coronavirus Act 2020, all state-funded school children must be provided with “immediate access to remote education” should they miss school due to coronavirus. I understand this to just be for England. This direction will end at the end of the academic year unless it is replaced with another direction.

So if schools don't provide remote education for any child who is off school for covid related reasons will effectively be breaking the law as of the 22nd October.