Yes, we do, but why did the government make promises it probably had no intention of fulfilling? There's been loads of pious posturing about education being so important, but the reality is very different.
Headteachers were ordered to make sure that online/distance learning resources are available. Teachers were told last week to develop materials for the next half term - on top of everything else they've had to do.
Laptops in the schools I know about have only been made available to Year 10/11 (ie exam) pupils on free school meals. There's no money to make sure they have an internet connection. Very few schools can afford to subsidise the catch up and mentoring programs, so won't be using them.
The idea of "bubbles" is nonsense. Now only those pupils sitting next to anybody proving positive are being sent home and the parents aren't told if somebody in the class tests positive, but of course they hear on the grapevine and worried parents are keeping their children at home.
Random testing in primary schools is showing a big jump in asymptomatic pupils, which is worrying. Although the young pupils themselves probably won't be badly affected, they are silent carriers to other family members and friends. Meanwhile, ONS figures yesterday showed that secondary pupils are the second biggest group of those testing positive.