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Coronavirus: 'Stop squabbling' demand over opening schoolsBy Sean CoughlanBBC News family and education correspondent 16 May 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Image copyrightGetty ImagesThe government and teachers' unions should "stop squabbling and agree a plan" to reopen schools safely, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.Anne Longfield said many disadvantaged children were losing out from schools being closed for so long.Teachers' unions and the Department for Education have been arguing over whether it is safe to return to school.But Ms Longfield said schools needed to open "as quickly as possible".This week the government set out plans to begin a phased reopening of primary schools in England from 1 June. But they have faced criticism from a coalition of teachers' unions, which have said it is still not safe to return to school.British Medical Association says too early to reopen schoolsClass size of no more than 15 when …