Filming at a school in Wandsworth. They have over 100 kids in today. In the first lockdown they only had around 30 in through the doors.
In some year groups they have classes of 20+ in school. Overall they’ve got about a third of their total roll coming in every day.
In some year groups they have classes of 20+ in school. Overall they’ve got about a third of their total roll coming in every day.
Point is, if schools are having more and more kids sent in, it raises question of utility of closure. Risk is we end up in worst of both worlds which is unfair (some kids missing out) and yet doesn’t suppress the disease efficiently or quickly. They remain “vectors of infection”
Playground as I type is full of parents and kids. You’d barely know the school is meant to be largely closed.
This is a good example of what’s happening a lot in wider society. It’s not an issue of individual action which is often a red herring. People are largely doing the thing to which they’re entitled within the rules. It’s the rules themselves which are potentially the problem.
On IT school head I’m with has been forced to buy more devices out of his own budget because another dozen promised by DfE still haven’t arrived. Demands on IT greater than ever because with hybrid lessons some kids in school need them to. Learning still impossible for some.
Still v interested in IT in schools- if you’re a head with similar problems, as ever, do DM me.
In other news, it will never not be subversive to be in the staff room.
Not an issue for today but interesting portent of urban depopulation which likely to be a theme of politics in yrs to come. Head of school I was at said they've lost 40+ kids in the last year as a result of parents moving to the country. Same thing in all schools locally.
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