Originally Posted by TBM
Just finished a (remote) Governors meeting - we were promised some more guidance from the Government this evening but its yet to arrive. We have a policy ready, based in some good guidance from ASCL (Headteachers Union - see below) and just getting ready to implement. For reference, my school is about 70% BAME.

Originally Posted by Summary of ASCL meeting with scientific and medical advisers
15 May 2020

• It is believed that children are probably less susceptible to contracting coronavirus than adults. The evidence is not conclusive, but this appears to be where the data is leading. In terms of transmission – the extent to which a child with the virus infects other individuals – there is evidence from other countries that it may be lower than for adults, but the data is limited.


This may be true but the view taken in Italy is that a crowded school would be a perfect incubator for the virus, and all those children have grandparents in the at risk age group. It also has to be said that not all of the people in the parent's age group survive the virus.

Peter

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