School attendance mandatory in England from September

Attendance at school in England will be mandatory from September with a full curriculum and exams expected to take place in summer 2021, the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has announced. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Williamson added the government would have to take 'specific action' if schools did not comply with the new guidelines and open in September. A UK school reopens after coronavirus lockdown: ‘Our generation’s world war’ ►    • An English school reopens after coronaviru...   England's deputy chief medical adviser, Jenny Harries, said a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic in England was 'quite a possibility' and could not be ruled out, but added that people had 'worked really hard' to get past the first wave English schools to open full time in September with few restrictions ► https://www.theguardian.com/education... UK coronavirus live: attendance at English schools will be 'mandatory' from September, says Williamson ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/liv... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ►    / theguardian   Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture