THE Government has announced there will be a delay on return to secondary school education across the UK to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, but primary schools will return as normal.

Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, says a new plan to "keep education settings as safe as we can," will see a staggered return for secondary schools across the country.

Full secondary schools will return to education on January 18, with exam pupils set to return to school a week before on January 11.

The majority primary school pupils will return to school on January 4, with a list of schools which will not return on this date to be published later today.