Sent to the education ministers of all five nations, the letter is asking governments to ensure there is sufficient capacity to “test, trace and isolate” before any re-opening can happen.
It raises teachers’ fears that there is a “very real risk of creating a spike in the transmission of the virus by a premature opening of schools”.
It comes ahead of an expected announcement this weekend about how the Westminster government intends to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England, including a timetable for the re-opening of schools.
Westminster education secretary Gavin Williamson has already confirmed that schools will be re-opened in a phased manner, but has refused to be drawn into national media speculation about the timetable.
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