Health10/6/2025•The Guardian
Lack of school closure plan ‘an extraordinary dereliction of duty’, Covid inquiry told
The news article highlights the lack of a school closure plan by the Department for Education prior to the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. Jon Coles, the CEO of United Learning, a large academy trust, described this as an "extraordinary dereliction of duty." Coles was shocked when he read a statement from Gavin Williamson, the education secretary at the time, admitting that no planning was done for school closures, as the priority was to keep schools open. The article suggests that the government's failure to have a contingency plan in place for school closures was a significant oversight during the pandemic.
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