telling them the R rate of Covid-19 infection was now ‘above the critical value of 1’.Karen Burns, a former headteacher in the borough and now the trust’s CEO explained the challenges staff will face, including pupils struggling being away from home.She said: “If they have not been vulnerable children or the child of a key worker it’s a good ten weeks since they were last in school.“There will be separation anxiety from leaving their parents and not necessarily going back to the same classroom