Secondary schools returns could be staggered over two weeks, Williamson says

Gavin Williamson was challenged on logistics of administering Covid tests to pupils

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Secondary schools in England will be allowed to stagger students' return to the classroom over two weeks from 8 March, the education secretary has said.

Despite guidance issued two days ago by his Department for Education stating that secondary schools will have discretion on how to test students" over the first week back to enable their return to the classroom", Gavin Williamson told the Radio 4 Today programme: It's not three tests in the first week. It's three tests over the first two weeks."