More Pupils At School Than During Last Shutdown, Say Teachers

More Pupils At School Than During Last Shutdown, Say Teachers
A five-year-old girl watches an online phonics lesson on a laptop in her bedroom on the second day of the nationwide school closures in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, on Jan. 6, 2021. Gareth Copley/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
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Teachers say England’s lockdown is at risk of being watered down, with more pupils still attending school than expected after the government said that those without laptops are exempt from obligatory home learning.

Alongside other rules, England’s third national lockdown stipulates that children cannot attend school unless their parents are classified as keyworkers or they are identified as vulnerable.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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