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Pupil attendance falls again as Covid closures double

Despite overall Covid absences falling, the number of pupils missing school due to closures doubled to 34,000

Covid: Staff absence up by 20% as term draws to a close

More than 230,000 pupils were off due to Covid on December 9

Covid: School attendance data collection to go weekly from October

Schools will be asked to submit Covid-19 attendance data to the government on a weekly rather than daily basis from October, it has been announced. The educational setting status form, which has provided the government with information about attendance and Covid-related absences throughout the pandemic, will reopen for the autumn term on Thursday. In an […]

Majority of primaries had more than a fifth of pupils attend this week, DfE stats show

The majority of primary schools that opened this week had more than a fifth of children attending on Monday, new statistics have revealed. The government’s attendance survey – responded to by 82 per cent of state-funded schools in England – found that 14 per cent of pupils on roll were in school on January 11. […]

Attendance plummets as more pupils forced to self-isolate

School attendance has plummeted to 86 per cent due to Covid-related absences, with over half of state-funded secondary schools now reporting pupils self-isolating. The Department for Education’s weekly attendance data has revealed the increasing disruption Covid-19 is wreaking on schools, with around 160,000 more pupils off school last Thursday, compared with the same time the […]