Face masks, hand sanitisers and windows wide open in the height of winter.

Teachers were not allowed to move around the classroom, there were bubbles for different year groups and testing kits distributed to all children and families… and the list goes on and on.

These were just some of the challenges school teachers faced on a daily basis as the pandemic took hold.

The valiant efforts made by school teachers and school leaders to maintain bubbles in schools simply did not matter.

As soon as children were outside, they all got the bus or the train home together - allowing the virus to spread.

It comes as then prime minister Boris Johnson will today give evidence to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry - specifically on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people, as part of Modul

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