Commenting as the Prime Minister announces that school isolation requirements, or 'bubbles', will be removed from 19th July, Nick Brook, deputy general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said:

“To maintain public confidence the government need to explain clearly to parents and schools alike why arrangements we were told were critical to maintaining pupil safety until now, are no longer needed going forward, despite the soaring infection rates in schools. No school wants to see restrictions in place any longer than they have to be, but we must ensure that in relaxing rules now we do not create further longer term disruption in the months to come.”