However, the vast majority of schools will not be able to start testing their indoor spaces for ventilation issues because of the slow roll-out of CO2 monitors.
Just 517 monitors are due to be delivered this week to 41 schools. Next week will see 7,727 monitors delivered to a further 561 schools, and 4,997 are due to be delivered the week of September 20 to 406 schools.
The DfE has pledged to make around 300,000 Co2 monitors available “over the autumn term” at a cost of £25m to help schools identify the indoor spaces where ventilation is poor.
However, school leaders while welcoming the investment have questioned why this equipment has not been delivered in time for the start of term when we have known about the importance of ventilation in fighting Covid for some time.
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