Boris Johnson has said he will reveal more details on Monday about the reopening of schools.
The Prime Minister told the Commons that within days he would give an update on how pupils could go back to class.
The Government has pencilled in for schools to re-open on March 8 and the roadmap for easing lockdown is due to be unveiled in the week starting February 22.
However, at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson told MPs that he would give some details on Monday.
Julian Sturdy, Conservative MP for York Outer, pressed the premier to give a commitment that schools would come back no later than March 8.
He said: “Can the Prime Minister confirm today that all students will be back in school no later than March 8 and commit to starting any phased return straight after half term so that the really damaging effects of being away from school are not drawn out for any longer than is absolutely necessary?”
Mr Johnson replied: “I can certainly confirm that we’re going to do everything we can - I know that that is the settled will of most people in this House - to get our kids... schoolchildren back on March 8 if we possibly can.
“I will be setting out as much as we can say on Monday and then in the week of the 22nd we’ll be setting out a road map and setting out the way forward for schools”.
Ministers and health chiefs are due to review the latest epidemic and vaccination data next week.
Covid cases are now falling significantly and the timing of the return to schools is also dependent on how quickly the four priority groups, people aged 70 and over, care home residents and staff, frontline health and social care workers, and individuals particularly vulnerable to Covid, can be vaccinated.
The Government set a target to offer the jabs to 15 million people in the four priority groups by mid-February.
The vaccination roll-out, though, has been so successful that this target may be reached early, which raises the prospect that it might even be possible for schools to return before March 8, or at least by then.
Ministers are also under pressure to offer the jabs to teachers so pupils can get back to class as soon as possible given the educational and social harm being caused by being out of school for so long.
