The government ordered schools to close their doors to most pupils from Monday, only allowing key workers' children to attend.
In mid-address to a group of Year 11, his voice cracked.
"It's a really uncertain time," he told them,"but what is certain is that you're a great year-group."The school says it will do its best to keep in touch with pupils remotely, offering virtual support where it can. But one teacher told me it's not so much the next few days that she's worried about - it's the weeks, and months to come."For some of the children, I don't think it's really sunk in," she said,"but after the weekend I think it's suddenly going to dawn on them."
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