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Coronavirus: Academy trust to open schools on 1 JuneBy Sean CoughlanBBC News family and education correspondent 15 May 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionWhen schools return they will have to introduce smaller classes and keep pupils apartOne of the biggest academy trusts in England says it will go ahead with opening all its 35 primary schools on 1 June.Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis trust, says opposition to the reopening of schools is "rather middle class".An alliance of teachers' unions warned it is not yet to safe to open schools.But Mr Chalke says the union advice is "lopsided" and fails to recognise the harm to disadvantaged children from missing school.The move by the Oasis academy trust follows a week of arguments over the safety of primary schools beginning to return from 1 June. Teachers' unions have said it is not realistic to open schools safely by that date.Calls to publish scientific evidence for re…