“ 58 local authorities still have Covid infection rates judged 'unsafe' for all pupils to return by a prominent group of scientists”

[motherrunner]

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Why isn’t this being widely reported? As a teacher and a parent working and living in one of the mentioned LEAs, it’s very concerning indeed.

I live in one of those areas and am not concerned at all. Children need to be back at school.

@Waxonwaxoff0 and if your DC has to keep isolating due to bubbles bursting?

And children in deprived areas arguably are at more risk not being in school than ones in wealthy areas.

[quote ineedaholidaynow]@Waxonwaxoff0 and if your DC has to keep isolating due to bubbles bursting?[/quote]
Not happened yet so I'll deal with that if and when it happens.

My school had its first bubble burst 3rd week in Sept. We were never fully open from then. Twice we closed to all 7 year groups. I’m afraid the same thing will happen this term.

what a surprise - it's the doom mongers from Independent Sage

Because it's Independent Sage who are scaremongering attention seekers.

@AlecTrevelyan006

what a surprise - it's the doom mongers from Independent Sage

Indeed. They're advocating for a Zero Covid approach so of course they don't want children back at school.

It is already out of date with cases dropping still, my authority is on that list but is now under 100. In many of those places the schools have been open with much higher rates too. And now secondary pupils will have done lateral flow before going back.

It’s not about not wanting pupils in school, but making sure that once pupils return, they return for good.

Have Independent Sage ever agreed with any decision?

Pupils ARE returning for good. Hospital rates are falling faster than ever. This is it now.

Children in more deprived areas already face more challenges - keeping them off school longer than better off areas is just going to further perpetuate the problems.

Exactly @motherrunner. More disruptive to education if bubbles bursting all the time.

@Waxonwaxoff0

Pupils ARE returning for good. Hospital rates are falling faster than ever. This is it now.

Schools were open throughout the autumn term according to the Gov. Except they weren’t.

My school had its first bubble burst 3rd week in Sept. We were never fully open from then. Twice we closed to all 7 year groups. I’m afraid the same thing will happen this term.

Please forgive my pessimism but my experience form last erm has closed my judgement.

@Eccle80

It is already out of date with cases dropping still, my authority is on that list but is now under 100. In many of those places the schools have been open with much higher rates too. And now secondary pupils will have done lateral flow before going back.

It really isn't that out of date. Most of the authorities listed still have cases over 100 per 100,000. The cases will rise again more quickly in these areas.

Liverpool is on that list at 110.8 but today it’s actually 93.4 according to:
coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map

If you look at the council’s website 0-19 has also persistently been the group with the lowest infection rates.

My county council is on that list.

My kids will be going back and I am not concerned!

My MSOA is white plus some surrounding ones. Rest of city doing well too.

There are other areas in council that are higher than that. About 20 miles or so away.........

But let's just try and stop swathes of kids going back to school for absolutely no reason at all.

There's always the chance of bubbles bursting unless there are no Covid cases, which isn't going to happen. Some school is better than no school at all which is the case for most children at the moment.

@Waxonwaxoff0

There's always the chance of bubbles bursting unless there are no Covid cases, which isn't going to happen. Some school is better than no school at all which is the case for most children at the moment.

I hope your DC’s school have a ouch teachers well to teach. My school closed twice fully last term due to staff absence.

*enough

My daughter's school is in one of the 58 and we live in a different one of the 58. She's been in school throughout lockdown both times. All the school has been in full time this lockdown, weekly testing and there hasn't been one case.

I'm sure they'll be fine. At DS's school there have only been 2 cases in total, both in students not staff and both before October half term.

I knew the teachers would start complaining again as usual because they have to go back, just get on with it like everyone else has !

This is what is infuriating, the ‘well at my DC’s school there has been no cases’. That’s luck! I’m sure your outlook would be vert different if your child hadn’t been in school since Sept. At my school pupils in their GCSE and Alevel years didn’t have continuous education.