'Headteachers aren't sure if they'll have enough staff': Bury Council leader speaks out over school closures row
direct to your inboxHeadteachers fear they may not have enough staff to reopen next week, a council boss has said.Eamonn O'Brien, leader of Bury Council, said many schools are 'nervous' about beginning the spring term on Monday because of the ongoing row over closures.The government has said primary schools in most Tier 4 areas should reopen as planned, despite rapidly increasing coronavirus infection rates across the country.Only primaries in London where the new strain of Covid-19 has driven a rapid rise in cases will be closed.The staggered return of secondary school pupils will be delayed by a further week.Teaching unions do not agree with the government's position, pointing to the advice of its own experts on SAGE who say closing