LONDON—The British government on June 9 ditched plans to have all primary school children in England return to the classroom before the summer vacation after schools voiced worries about their ability to meet CCP virus social distancing requirements.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson admitted that the goal for approximately 5 million primary school children from ages 4 to 11 wasn’t possible, given constraints related to classroom sizes, the need for social distancing, and inadequate numbers of teachers.
