This is what The Scarborough News readers think about sending their kids back to school

The Scarborough News readers have had their say on how they feel about sending their kids back to school.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

Our lockdown survey, published on The Scarborough News as well as 150 others across the UK last week, asked readers 25 questions about how the coronavirus crisis has shaped the lives, opinions and habits of people in Scarborough - and what they’d like to see happen in the coming weeks and months.

One of the questions in the survey focused on children - asking readers whether they would feel comfortable about their kids going back to school in early June.

Today we can reveal how readers in Scarborough answered.

The lockdown survey. JPI MediaThe lockdown survey. JPI Media
The lockdown survey. JPI Media
Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The majority of our readers - 44% - said they felt 'not at all comfortable' about their kids returning to school in early June, with readers who felt 'slightly comfortable in the minority - 13%.

On a national level, almost half - 44.7% - of respondents said they felt “not at all comfortable” with their children returning to school in early June, which is the timeframe the Prime Minister has announced for England.

Around one fifth of respondents - 19.3% - feel “not very comfortable” about the idea, with just 17.4% saying they feel “very comfortable” and 16.9% saying they feel “slightly comfortable”.

When asked which element of everyday life they were most looking forward to as restrictions ease, “your children going back to school” was presented as one of the options.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Just 12% of readers in Scarborough said that they were looking forward to this.

On a national level, just 16% of respondents said they were looking forward to their kids going back to school. The most popular option was seeing family, which 77.2% of respondents nationally said they were looking forward to.

The everyday activity readers in Scarborough are looking forward to most is seeing family with 72% of participants choosing this option.

Tomorrow we will be publishing more results of what local people had to say in our lockdown survey.

A message from the Editor:

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspaper.

Thank you