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PRIMARY school pupils will return to classes next week but secondary students must wait until Covid-19 testing facilities are in place, it has been announced.

All pupils in exam years will return to secondary schools in England from January 11 while the rest of secondary and college students will go back full-time on January 18, said education secretary Gavin Williamson on Wednesday.

Primary schools in a ‘small number of areas’ where Covid-19 infection rates are the highest will not reopen for face-to-face teaching to all pupils as planned next week, he added.

Portsmouth parents react as secondary school children see start of term pushed back by government