The return to school could be a major problem this week as staff on holiday may well be stranded in foreign parts with no prospect of flights.

Chris White comments:
‘The County Council has to be as imaginative as possible to keep schools open, especially where specialist subjects are involved and get schools to work in partnership with each other. Students have this year already missed days due to the heavy snow fall and lack of emergency planning and road clearance. To miss more due to a volcano erupting would be detrimental to their education.’