It is clear from SAGE documents that school pupils and school staff are infecting each other, and that school age children have the highest rates of infection, says the National Education Union.
Teaching union asks Government to release its own modelling of what might happen to cases amongst pupils, parents and staff given the best current understanding of the new variant of the virus.
The findings raise questions about the role of the school environment in explaining rises in mental health difficulties among teenagers in recent years, says researchers.
As many as one in eight of the early years workforce is paid under £5.00 an hour, whilst the average wage is £7.42 an hour, less than the minimum wage.