Claire Brewerton who runs Wiltshire-based company The Virtual Business Centre, faces a triple whammy with her children – who are all missing their SATs, GCSEs and A Levels this year.

The 47-year-old who lives with her husband Marc and children Grace, 17, Henry aged 15 and Thomas aged 10, has mixed feelings about how they will cope with a changed plan around their education this year.

“I think the government have made the right call when they did because it ends a degree of uncertainty which plagued families in our position last year," Claire said.

"However it’s not great that this affects all of our children all at once this year.

“Selfishly speaking I was dreading the ‘standing on egg shell’ exam stress time of May and June trying to keep everyone calm, get to school for the right exam at the right time, keep on top of revision time tables and try and keep a balanced positive household.”

The latest available home-schooling survey by the Office of National Statistics showed wellbeing of children and parents was being negatively affected by home-schooling.

Claire runs the Virtual Business Centre and has a team of 25 who are all working remotely from home until lockdown ends.

She says this makes it particularly difficult to support her youngest son Thomas and adds to her ‘working mummy’ guilt.

“I’m frustrated for Thomas because I am not cut out to be a teacher whilst also running a seven day a week business supporting home working staff – on occasion I have resorted to paying our daughter Grace to help him do some maths in her free periods and I am not beyond convincing Thomas that Saturday is actually Friday – the joys of groundhog day means I get away with it for a couple of hours before he twigs it’s the weekend!”

Grace, a student at Malmesbury School is studing A levels in maths, further maths and computer science and hopes to go to university to study maths. Henry wants to secure his GCSEs so that he can take up a place at college to study digital support services.

“Grace is more stressed about not having exams than having exams - as she does not really know what is happening or how it’s happening and is worried about her future come September and her university options coupled with virtual university visits," Claire added.

"Henry is more relaxed however he does want to work hard to get on to his college course.

“For me I’m also sad that they won’t have those milestones which many children experience such as Prom or Valedictory or a Year 6 celebration which are a rite of passage these days.”