NAHT comments on announcement of vaccinations for younger teens

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “Now that a decision has been made, it is essential that the government immediately confirms that the process surrounding vaccinations will be run and overseen entirely by the appropriate medical teams.

Where parents have questions, including about important matters such as consent, these must be handled by those same medical teams.

There must be no delay in confirming this otherwise school leaders will be put in an impossible position of facing questions to which they simply do not have the answers.

School leaders and their teams need to be able to focus on their core task of providing education to pupils. We would expect detailed guidance to be published by government without delay.”