Scottish schools plan to reopen full time in August
Scottish schools are aiming to reopen full-time with no physical distancing if coronavirus continues on a downwards trajectory, the BBC has reported.
Schools in Scotland are due to open in August and had been preparing to return with mix of both classroom and home learning.
But the education secretary John Swinney said ministers were now preparing for all schools to open full-time in August given the significant progress that had been made in suppressing the virus.
John Swinney has said the mixed learning plan was still a necessary contingency plan if there is a fresh outbreak of Covid-19.
He said: "Back in May I frankly would not have imagined we would have made as much progress in virus suppression as we have.
"It is this more positive outlook that allows the Scottish government to make this change in planning for schools."
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