Greenwich Council is calling for the education secretary Gavin Williamson to come clean on why he ordered the borough’s primary schools to open as normal for this term in spite of soaring coronavirus cases across south-east London. The town hall says that the Department for Education has refused to answer a freedom of information request […]
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Greenwich and Lewisham primary schools to stay closed after Gavin Williamson caves in
Primary schools in Greenwich and Lewisham are to remain closed until at least 18 January after councils across London threatened to take the education secretary Gavin Williamson to court. On Wednesday, Williamson announced that schools in 23 boroughs would remain closed after the Christmas holiday because of soaring coronavirus case rates in the capital. While […]
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New schools shambles as government leaves Greenwich and Lewisham primaries off closure list
Primary schools in Greenwich have been thrown into confusion for the second time this month after the borough became one of the few in London not to be told to keep its schools closed next week. Schools in 23 boroughs, including Bexley, Bromley and Southwark, have been told to close until 18 January by education […]
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Schools saga ends as Greenwich Council leader asks heads to open up again
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has ducked a legal battle with the government and asked the borough’s schools to open their doors again. Thorpe’s announcement ends 42 hours of disruption which began on Sunday afternoon when he asked schools to close from today because of increasing coronavirus cases. Heads complained they had been taken by […]
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Shambles as government and Greenwich Council squabble over school closures
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren and their families are caught in the middle of a row between Greenwich Council and the government this morning after education secretary Gavin Williamson tried to overturn leader Danny Thorpe’s attempt to close the borough’s schools to stop an alarming rise in coronavirus cases. Williamson sent a legal threat to […]
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