School leaders will “move heaven and earth” to keep children in face to face learning next term, but are worried that Covid may still cause problems this winter. All Covid restrictions in schools were lifted by the Welsh Government in May.
As the new academic year starts headteachers hope it will not be as disrupted by Covid as last year. But they will need enough money to pay supply teachers if staff are off sick, the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru warned.
“We hope we can get back to as close to normality as possible, but if last term is anything to go by in terms of Covid cases then we need to be doing everything we can to prepare for further disruption,” said ASCL Cymru director Eithne Hughes.
