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The article claims the Department of Education is distributing monitors to UK schools, but the DofE doesn't operate across the UK, so perhaps the story is actually about schools in England.

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The story seems to be about England, but the monitors are being rolled out to other areas as well by the other departments. For example, Northern Ireland [0], and Scotland [1],[2]. It's anecdotal, but the monitors have started to arrive in my kids schools here in Northern Ireland.

[0] - BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58790302

[1] - Scottish Parliament Report - https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committee...

[2] - Scottish COVID guidance for schools - https://education.gov.scot/media/ttkbrnde/reducing-risks-in-...

(edited to break up the links)

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