97% of schools plan to welcome back all pupils full-time
97% of schools plan to welcome back all pupils full-time

Almost 100% of schools plan to welcome back all pupils full-time at the startof the autumn term, figures suggest.

In the 3% of cases where schools are notdoing this, it is because they are planning transition periods for new pupilsor phasing entry to alleviate pupils’ anxieties, according to the NationalAssociation of Head Teachers (NAHT).

The school leaders’ union conducted asurvey with a week to go before the first day of term and more than 4,000school leaders responded – 4,090 in total, mostly in England, with 143 inWales.