Rates of teacher absence were slightly higher in primary schools than in secondaries, where face masks are now required for pupils in class.
Meanwhile, 315,000 pupils were absent for Covid-related reasons, up 14,000 on the end of last term.
The staff absences will have a serious impact on schools' ability to remain open, particularly in primaries, where there is usually one teacher per class. There are air purifiers in all classrooms at Colebourne, window vents are open and the school asks close contacts of pupils who test positive to take daily lateral flow tests. Covid testing is not required by the government in primary schools.Stuart Guest spent Monday morning calling around teacher supply agencies, with little success
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