Parents say the lesson disruption for pupils at St Leonard's Catholic School is like 'Covid times'.
Parents and families gathered outside St Leonard's Catholic School during a visit from Baroness Barran
Parents with children at a secondary school hit by potentially unsafe concrete have held a protest, telling a minister it must be rebuilt.Parents told schools minister Baroness Barran there had to be more support for teachers and pupils, adding it was like "being back in Covid times".The trust that runs the school said it had asked the Parliamentary Education Committee to use centre-assessed grades after lessons continued to be disrupted.
Several parents held a demonstration during the visit on Wednesday from the minister, who was invited by City of Durham Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy.St Leonard's Catholic School, which has about 1,400 pupils, is using a mixture of face-to-face and online teaching after Raac was found just before the start of term.
This week pupils in Years 7 to 10 returned to school for two days a week while continuing with the majority of lessons online. Year 11 and 12 pupils have returned to school four days a week, while those in Year 13 are being taken 14 miles by bus to the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust HQ in Washington for lessons.Parents Keith and Sally and Mallard said they are "frustrated" about the lack of progress"He's had face-to-face lessons but in large groups of 90 or more children, sitting down with clipboards for long periods of time," Mrs Mallard said.
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