One in eight pupils out of school as Covid worsens
The official figures also show a quarter of schools with teachers and leaders’ absence rates above 15%. …
John Blaney, assistant chief executive of BMAT Stem Academy – a university technical college in Harlow, Essex – said the general message seemed to be the pandemic was over “but on the ground in schools, that isn’t the case, one of [our trust’s] schools is currently operating with almost 50% of staff off isolating,”