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11.01am GMT
11.00am GMT
Fewer school staff may be “willing or able” to work following the new restriction announced by the government last night, according to the National Association of Head Teachers.
An NAHT survey found that yesterday 94% of schools were providing emergency cover for pupils, and 84% of them have less than a fifth (20%) of their usual children attending.
We know that the vast majority of schools opened yesterday offering reduced provision. Our survey showed that most schools operated with fewer than one in four teaching and support staff present.
Having heard the prime minister speak, many colleagues will be rightly concerned for loved ones and understandably anxious about the personal risk of simply going to work. It would not be surprising to find, in the absence of clear government advice on keeping safe, that fewer colleagues are willing or able to work today than yesterday.
