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As the Christmas holidays approach, many schools are grappling with low attendance rates and staff shortages as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite this, the government has used emergency powers to threaten legal action against headteachers in England who want to allow their pupils to learn remotely in the final weeks of term.
The Welsh government has already announced that secondary schools in Wales will switch to online learning in the run-up to Christmas, and some unions are calling for other UK schools to do the same. We’d like to hear from parents and teachers about how they feel about schools remaining open in the run up to Christmas.
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