Social Distancing in Schools

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:52 pm on 21 October 2020.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 2:52, 21 October 2020

Well, we are in regular contact with local authorities. We are aware that, sometimes, there are differences in the approach taken by local authorities in supporting their schools. That's why Estyn is currently doing a piece of work to identify good practice in local authorities supporting individual settings to adhere to rules and to support education during this time.

We, as a Welsh Government, will look to use all of our platforms to reinforce those messages with parents, because they, too, have a crucial role to play in decisions that they are making about their lives, and how they support their children to make good decisions—especially older children, and how they make good decisions when they are outside school—to ensure that we can minimise disruption and bear down on community transmission rates.