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Concerned are you, though, especially for those people and exam years, years 11 and 13, about the possible impact on their futures? incredibly concerned. the government is still planning to go ahead with exams for year 11 and year 13s at the moment and we think that s the right decision, with some adjustments being made. but if we do end up with a situation where there are increasingly higher rates of pupil absence or indeed full school closures, then they may need to review that decision. i think what s really important is the government also looks again at its overall education recovery package. they ve so far made available just under £5 billion for education recovery, which is not insignificant, but it is very short of what we think is ....
It comes as figures show covid related pupil absence in schools in england has hit a new record high since all students returned to class in march. sean dilley reports. harmful classrooms like this one is a concern in forfamilies harmful classrooms like this one is a concern in for families and the government says catching up on this education is a national priority. have. figures of this lunchtime say it is an increasing problem. 375,000 pupils in england are currently absent from schools. many are self isolating after gently coming into contact with a positive student or staff member in school. that is up from 172,000 last week. the government says it is looking at options to ask schools to introduce daily testing as an alternative to sending groups of children home to isolate. taste sending groups of children home to isolate. ~ , ., sending groups of children home to isolate. ~ , . , , isolate. we sent a letter yesterday to schools to isolate. we sent a letter yesterday to scho ....
Could end in the autumn, amid concerns over the soaring number of children missing lessons. and a higher grade face mask could provide up to 100 per cent protection against covid 19 for medical staff, according to new research from cambridge university. self isolation rules for school pupils in england could be scrapped next term, amid concerns about the rising number of children who have to quarantine if one of their classmates tests positive for coronavirus. an alternative is being considered where schools introduce daily testing instead. it comes as figures show covid related pupil absence in schools in england has hit a new record high since all students returned to class in march. sean dilley reports. half full classroom like this one is a concerning site for families and a government that says catching up on missed education is a national priority. ....
Covid rules are also to be relaxed in england s schools, with the present system of sending whole bubbles home after a positive case set to be scrapped at the end of term. after that, children will only have to isolate if they test positive. new figures show that pupil absence in england due to covid has hit a new high since all students returned to school in march this year. they show that more than 640,000 pupils in england were not in school due to covid last week, under 10% of those 62,000 of those have confirmed or suspected covid. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. this is west horton high school in bolton, an area which has had some of the highest rates of covid in the country. over the past few months, the school has been part of a clinical trial. instead of bubbles being sent home to isolate, children are sent here for daily tests. during the october to christmas period, we sent home ....