Schools – Clinically Vulnerable Families

Why are the media still asking the wrong question about schools during the pandemic?

14^th October 20267^th August 2026 by CVF

A teenager, head in hand, studies at a kitchen table with a laptop and worksheets.

Lewis Goodall asked whether school closures were ‘a price worth paying’. Lara Wong argues the question itself leaves Clinically Vulnerable children out of the picture.

Hidden in the new school allergy guidance is a major victory for clean air

14^th October 20266^th July 2026 by CVF

Poster: Clean air. Healthier children. Better learning. New DfE guidance recognises clean air as a core asthma control measure.

New allergy safety guidance for schools quietly acknowledges what triggers attacks in the first place – and that is a real win for clean air in classrooms.

Forgotten Children: Lasting Harms to Children in Clinically Vulnerable Families

4^th October 20261^st October 2025 by CVF

Report on Children and Young People cover: a boy in school uniform wearing a white respirator mask.

Our new report brings together national survey data and family testimony on children growing up in Clinically Vulnerable households – 80% were persistently absent from school in 2021–22.