A headteacher has said ‘none of her staff have needed persuading’ to come back to work next week, and that although they’re ‘scared’ amid the coronavirus crisis, they ‘want to do their job’. Yesterday, Boris Johnson announced the phased reopening of primary schools in England will begin as planned on Monday, with reception, year one … Read more
Jesper Larsen, a headteacher in Copenhagen, Denmark, said Danish schools were able to go back to class a month ago because the country’s society respects government guidelines While British schools will not begin to reopen after lockdown until the beginning of June at the earliest, at my school here in Denmark virtually all the children … Read more
A former headteacher has been branded a ‘selfish covidiot’ for publicly bragging that she is inviting her pals over with their children for play-dates with her daughter as she’s had ‘enough’ of lockdown. Claire Waddingham waded into a public debate over social distancing rules on social media on Tuesday and proudly announced her friend was … Read more
Britain’s ‘strictest headteacher’ has today issued a stark warning that social distancing is ‘simply impossible’ in schools. Katharine Birbalsingh, the formidable head of the Michaela Community School in Brent, north London, said it was a ‘lie’ that safe distancing within educational settings was possible. Ms Birbalsingh’s riposte came in response to the suggestion that children could … Read more
A primary school headteacher has died after testing positive for coronavirus as young and healthy Britons begin to fall victim to the disease in increasing numbers. Wendy Jacobs, 59, was headteacher at Roose Primary School in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She was diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus last week and was rushed to Furness General Hospital’s intensive care … Read more
A primary school headteacher has died after testing positive for coronavirus. Wendy Jacobs was headteacher at Roose Primary School in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She was diagnosed with the deadly COVID-19 virus last week and was rushed to Furness General Hospital’s intensive care unit but later died. Pupils, parents and teachers have been left devastated and have … Read more