20% of parents don't want their children to return to school

50% of parents to children in secondary school say they are either cutting back on other costs, not paying bills, or taking out loans to cover back to school costs. File picture

A fifth of parents do not want their children to return to school next month for fear of them catching Covid-19.

And overall, half of all parents are worried about their children going back in the middle of the pandemic, according to the Barnardos Back to School survey.