The Guardian speaks to teachers about new measures delaying secondary pupils’ return to school

Secondary schools across England will be closed to most pupils for the first two weeks of term after the Christmas holidays, with schools in areas with particularly high rates of coronavirus remaining online-only for longer, the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has announced, under new measures introduced to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Related: English schools in areas worst hit by Covid to close for longer

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