Nearly 800,000 state school pupils in England missed school last week due to Covid, according to the latest figures. The number of schools in England with at least one pupil self-isolating at home last week due to potential contact with coronavirus has fallen slightly since the week prior.
Approximately between 8% and 10% of state school pupils - up to 798,000 children - did not attend school for Covid-19-related reasons on Thursday last week, the analysis shows.
More than a fifth (22%) of secondary school pupils were absent from class on November 26, which is the same as the week before, the Department for Education (DfE) statistics reveal.