Covid-related pupil absence in state schools continues to increase and is currently at its highest rate since schools reopened in March.
While most absences were due to pupils isolating, there has also been a sharp rise in the number of confirmed Covid cases in schools.
The latest school attendance figures published today show that there were 76 per cent of pupils in school on 15 July – meaning that around a quarter were not attending school.
In primary schools Covid absence was 12.1 per cent, up from 9.8 per cent on 8 July and 7.4 per cent on 1 July.
The data for 15 July is not available for early years settings. The early years local authority survey moved to fortnightly from 29 April 2021 with no publication due this week.
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