Secret Diary of a Teacher: we are worried about going back to school, too

School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school in Yorkshire. PA Photo. Picture date: Wednesday November 27, 2019. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Any educators I chat with — SNAs, teachers, and principals from around the country and abroad — are happy to get back to work. Many use phrases like ‘getting stuck in’ and ‘re-connecting'. Some refer to brave individuals who have worked throughout, often for lower pay. Staff seem ready to re-enter schools.

But they're anxious too, chiefly about how parents might behave.