Question: Can local authorities work with neighboring local authorities to school children if schools in their area are closed?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: What arrangements should schools and local authorities maintain throughout the remainder of May?
Can provision be shared across local authority areas?
section_content: We are asking schools to remain open for children of critical workers and
vulnerable children where they can, but we understand that some may be unable
to do so especially if they are experiencing severe staff shortages.
Local authorities should therefore work with maintained, academy and
independent schools to identify temporary places for any children affected
whilst their normal schools are closed.
If a school is unable to open, local authorities should try to co-ordinate
provision for pupils in other schools in their area. If this is not possible,
local authorities should consider working with neighboring local authorities,
while keeping in mind the impact on children. Regional school commissioners
(RSCs) can support conversations between local authorities where necessary.
Some multi-academy trusts operate across different local authorities, and can
assist in making arrangements between their schools if appropriate.
*[RSCs]: regional schools commissioners

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It answers the question and indicates when the schools might work together.
This directly answers the question by stating that local authorities should co-ordinate with neighboring authorities in the placing of children.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: What arrangements should schools and local authorities maintain throughout the remainder of May?
Are schools expected to share resources?
section_content: We are asking schools to remain open for children of critical workers and
vulnerable children where they can, but we understand that some may be unable
to do so especially if they are experiencing severe staff shortages.
Local authorities should therefore work with maintained, academy and
independent schools to identify temporary places for any children affected
whilst their normal schools are closed.
If some schools are experiencing high demand for places, or severe staff
shortages, local authorities will co-ordinate support from other schools in
the area. Schools are expected to be flexible and work together where
required.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answers the question and gives an example of when school will work together.
This states that local authorities will co-ordinate with other schools in the area, which implies working with neighboring authorities, though the text does not say that explicitly.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: What arrangements should schools and local authorities maintain throughout the remainder of May?
Will it be mandatory for all schools, colleges and early years settings to remain open in some form?
section_content: We are asking schools to remain open for children of critical workers and
vulnerable children where they can, but we understand that some may be unable
to do so especially if they are experiencing severe staff shortages.
Local authorities should therefore work with maintained, academy and
independent schools to identify temporary places for any children affected
whilst their normal schools are closed.
We are asking all schools and early years settings to remain open for children
of critical workers and vulnerable children.
We acknowledge that some schools and early years settings may be unable to do
so, and will support them to work with local authorities, regional school
commissioners, and neighbouring schools and settings, to continue to support
these children.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This directly answers the by stating that schools should work with local authorities, other schools, and neighboring authorities to place children from schools that can't remain open.
This indirectly answers the question, but it's a bit vague. It could use more information clearly stated about the topic.

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