School Closures

Lockdowns Have Left Parents Thinking School is Optional as They Keep Children Off Because They Are “Too Anxious”, Report Finds

Parents no longer believe their children need to be in school full-time if they are anxious, and increasingly think "life's too short" not to have a term-time holiday, a report has found.
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Covid Lockdowns Have Devastated Children’s Social and Emotional Skills, Major Study Reveals

Nearly half of U.K. parents said their children's social and emotional skills got worse during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has found.
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Ministers Were Warned More Children Would Die From Suicide than COVID-19 if they Shut Schools

Ministers were given a stark warning that more children would die from suicide than from contracting COVID-19 if they shut schools, a damning new report from parent campaigners has revealed.
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Children “Forgotten by Covid Policymakers” Because They Rarely Got Sick From the Virus, Says UCL Report

Children were forgotten by policymakers during Covid lockdowns because they rarely got seriously ill from the virus itself, a report from University College London has found.
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