ALL nurseries, including those in Tier 4 areas, are to stay open – as officials announce schools in Covid hotspots will remain shut for at least two more weeks.
No10 officials have today confirmed the good news, which will come as a relief to millions of mums and dads living in tough restrictions.
Getty Images - GettyNurseries will stay open in Tier 4 areas – although primary and secondary schools will stay shut[/caption]
The full list of areas where schools will remain shut until at least January 18 has not yet been revealedLondon News PicturesEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson is preparing to make a statement today[/caption]
A spokesperson for the PM said there are “no plans” to slash provision for tots.
People with the variant are 54 per cent more likely to pass it on to others, according to Public Health England.
Despite being more contagious, the mutation does not appear to cause worse symptoms or more deaths, and it is no more infectious among children than other strains.
Expected return dates for schools
January 4: All primary schools will return as planned – except for Covid hotspot areas which will remain closed
January 11: Secondary school kids set to sit key exams this year will return in all areas
January 18: All secondary school kids – except for those living in Covid hotspot areas, where rules will be reviewed regularly
In a statement before MPs, he said: “We must always act swiftly when circumstances change.
“The evidence about the new Covid variant and rising infection rates have required some immediate adjustment to our plans for the new term.”
But he vowed to get all kids back in class as soon as possible, telling politicians: “I’m quite clear that we must continue to do all we can to keep children in school.”
It comes despite Michael Gove saying just days ago that he was “confident” schools would reopen across England.
The full list of areas where schools will remain shut until at least January 18 has not yet been revealed.
However, they will include hotspots with the worst infection rates.
Elsewhere across England – in Tiers 1, 2 and 3 and some lesser-hit Tier 4 areas – primary schools will return on January 4 as planned.
And secondary school Years 11 and 13 – those facing critical exams – will return on January 11, before the rest go back on January 18.
Areas heading into Tier 3 and 4 at midnight
Joining areas already in Tier 4 from tomorrow are:
Leicester City
Leicestershire (Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Charnwood, North West Leicestershire, Melton)
Lincolnshire (City of Lincoln, Boston, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, East Lindsey)
Northamptonshire (Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, Wellingborough)
Derby and Derbyshire (Derby, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak)
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (Gedling, Ashfield, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, Broxtowe)
Birmingham and Black Country (Dudley, Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton)
Coventry
Solihull
Warwickshire (Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwick, North Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (East Staffordshire, Stafford, South Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle under Lyme, Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent)
Lancashire (Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley, Blackpool, Preston, Hyndburn, Chorley, Fylde, Lancaster, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre)
Cheshire and Warrington (Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington)
Cumbria (Eden, Carlisle, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland, Allerdale)
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