Originally Posted by jfman

And this is why not having a plan for online/blended education to supplement face to face education has been flawed from the start. There were quick wins to be had around existing holidays which would have prevented the inevitable.

Councils could (should) have developed one to two week chunks of long standalone sections of each course, prepared centrally, allowing teachers to concentrate on the teaching part. Now there’s a reason for no contingency plan and it’s that central Government absolutely never countenanced the idea and threatened schools that didn’t open with legal action.