School communities are longing for the day when they can finally put Covid behind them and bin things like masks in classrooms and limits on social interaction in schools.
But amid the raft of unwelcome pandemic restrictions are some innovations that have proven popular. Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly asked students, parents, and teachers and other school staff which changes they want kept.
Here is your top ten wishlist: Remote parent teacher meetings Among parents and teachers this is by far and away the most popular innovation under Covid, and so many want remote parent teacher meetings - whether online or over the phone - to continue.
For parents it means no more hours spent queuing in school corridors to get five minutes with your child's subject teachers, and no more having to arrange for childcare at home while you do that.