The government needs to be clear now, not at the last minute, about the likely Covid scenarios that schools in England will face in September
- Paul Whiteman is the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers
It seems to have escaped government ministers’ notice, but running a school is a complex task. I say this because over the last 18 months, schools in England have been dancing on the head of a pin, reacting to government guidance that has changed and changed again, often overnight, with little regard for how it will be implemented in real life.
For all the difficulties that the pandemic has brought us, school leaders have told me that it is not Covid that has been their biggest headache, but the constantly changing expectations of the government.
