More than 100,000 pupils off school in England because of Covid as figures hit pandemic peak
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from back to school news to ways to entertain the kids School Covid infection rates have hit a pandemic peak with 100,000 pupils missing class.
The data from the Department for Education shows that fewer than 92% of pupils were present in classrooms last Thursday, September 16.
A total of 59,000 were absent with confirmed cases of Covid-19 and a further 45,000 suspected cases were also off. While far more pupils missed school at the end of the summer term, with more than a million absent in July, that was down to the 'bubbles' system rather than them having the virus themselves. Read more: Masks return to Greater Manchester high school after spike in Covid cases Now, if a
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