Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools will be closed to all children in the February 2021 half term.
Schools will close as usual over February half term and are not expected to remain open to vulnerable children and the children of critical workers during that week.
Early years provision should remain open and continue to allow all children to attend full time or their usual hours.
Ensuring continued access to childcare for parents and carers remains a priority for the government. We have ensured that all before and after-school clubs, holiday clubs, and other out-of-school settings have been able to continue to stay open for vulnerable children and children of critical workers, during the national lockdown, including the February half term, in line with the protective measures guidance for the sector.
People can also continue existing arrangements for childcare bubbles, and for contact between parents and children where they live apart.