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Capacity to bring back more pupils is 'limited'

Many primary schools will have “limited capacity” to bring back more pupils while restricting class sizes to no more than 15 in distinct and consistent groups, but school leaders have still welcomed new flexibility in government guidance.

The Department for Education (DfE) has updated its official guidance for the re-opening of primary schools to more pupils.

The update allows schools to bring more pupils back to school should they have the space and capacity to do so.

It states: “Where schools have capacity, they may choose to welcome back additional pupils.”

It adds: “We know that in some schools, there will be capacity to welcome more children back, in group sizes of no more than 15, before the summer holidays. This may be because take-up among eligible children is lower than expected, or because there is additional space still available within the school and available staff to teach and supervise.

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