Only 10 per cent of the 250,000 parents who took part in the online survey by Parentkind, a membership organisation for parent teacher associations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, responded that they would be happy for their children to return to school as soon as lockdown ends. An additional 10 per cent said they would like to wait until staff and pupils had been vaccinated, even if this takes up to 18 months.
A quarter of parents said that they would be happy with a September return date, but that they would like this confirmed now. A further 23 per cent and 18 per cent respectively said that they would only be happy once the Government or school leaders and teachers say it is safe to return.
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