Boris Johnson will make masks mandatory for all secondary school children in areas with high levels of coronavirus amid a backlash from Tory MPs over another policy reversal.
Pupils over the age of 11 will have to wear face coverings while moving around schools when they reopen next week, it was announced last night, a day after Downing Street said that students would be safe without them.
Face coverings will be mandatory for secondary schools in areas that are subject to additional lockdown measures. Schools in other areas will be able to choose whether pupils wear them.
The move represents another reversal on education policy after the decision last week to use teachers’ predicted grades for A-level and GCSE results and the provision of free
