A school is staying open over the summer holiday to help pupils who have fallen behind – and the
parents caring for them while working from home.
Staff have volunteered to provide classes and activities from science to football for kids who have missed months of classes in lockdown.
They will also deliver food and supermarket vouchers to pupils’ homes every fortnight.
Headteacher Roger Farley has continued to work throughout lockdown at the 380-pupil Westminster Primary Academy in one of Blackpool’s poorest areas.
The number of pupils’ families classed as vulnerable is up from 55 to 78 since March.
Mr Farley said: “The ones who haven’t been in are struggling. There’s no point going away on holiday anyway, is there?”
Mum Rebecca Walker, 35, whose two young kids are at the school, said it means she can return to work.
Public health officials are working closely with the school and council staff are providing some activities.
Nicola Dennison, of Blackpool council, said: “It’s really important to do what we can.”
Across the country just one in eight primary pupils had any live online lessons during lockdown, statistics show.
