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NewsColony One in five children will be urged to go back to the classroom One in five children will be urged to return to the classroom from next week as part of a gradual reopening of schools. More than 1.7million pupils who are vulnerable or whose parents are key workers will be asked to go back. Ministers will then target the first week of June for a wider reopening of primary schools, before secondary schools allow pupils in years ten and 12 to return. Key workers have been entitled to keep sending their children to class throughout the lockdown, but when schools shut six weeks ago they were urged to look after them at home where possible.  The Government is now preparing to issue guidance that will instead encourage key workers to send their children to school The Government is now preparing to issue guidance that will instead encourage these parents to send their children to school.  Just one parent needs to be a key worker for their child to be eligible bu...