By default or design, the Government has moved inexorably to close schools across the country. Yet, what risk assessment was made as to the loss of learning, mental health and safeguarding hazards to children not in school?
We know from the Royal College of Pediatrics (RCoP), of which 1,500 members wrote an open letter last year, that school closures significantly affect children’s wellbeing. Last week, the RCoP Officer, Dr Karen Street, noted the huge fourfold rise in eating disorders amongst young children – partly due to school closures and social isolation.
