It comes as the latest figures from the Department for Education show that 46 per cent of state-funded secondary schools and 16 per cent of state-funded primary schools now have one or more pupils self-isolating (DfE, 2020).
This means that one in five state-funded schools (21 per cent) have one or more pupils self-isolating; around 12 per cent of schools have more than 30 pupils self-isolating.
The figures, which relate to Thursday, October 15, show that 89 per cent of pupils across all state-funded schools were in attendance, down from 90 per cent the week before. This includes 92 per cent attendance in primary schools and 86 per cent attendance in secondary schools.
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