Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said an ‘overwhelming majority’ of primary schools will reopen as planned on, saying it is essential to keep children in school. He added that the planned return of older secondary and college pupils will be delayed until 11 January, with everyone else back a week later and that all secondary school children will return by 18 January. University students will be offered rapid tests on their return in order to ‘break the chains of transmission’ and universities have been asked to reduce number of students returning to campus in January.
BREAKING: Reopening of secondary schools delayed
