The UK Government is proposing that Primary Schools will reopen in England on June 1st but their guidance does not protect either children or staff.

My wife's school (and many others) have worked out that to maintain social distancing just 6 pupils can safely be accommodated in a classroom yet the government is suggesting more that double this number with 15

Every other profession has been advised to wear PPE or face covering if their workplace doesn't allow them to maintain the safe 2m distance away from people not in their household yet The Government says that face coverings should not be used in, what will be, overcrowded classrooms.

Much has been said about the mental health benefits of children attending schools but what impact will it have on their mental well-being when a small child is told that they can't sit on their teacher's lap or have a cuddle when they're upset?

Even if you don't care about the health and safety of our School Staff and you believe that children wouldn't suffer if they caught Coronavirus, you should consider the risk to everyone in the households that children would return to each evening.

Under current advice, schools would not be safe