Almost half of UK teachers had Covid last term, survey suggests

The NASUWT expressed alarm at the continuing high Covid rates in schools and called for more protection and support for teachers. Photograph: Alamy

Almost half of UK teachers, many of them triple-jabbed, have tested positive for Covid in the last term, according to a new survey.

Despite government insistence that it is “business as usual” in schools in England, 48% of teachers polled by the NASUWT teachers’ union said they had tested positive during the spring term.