Covid cases in schools are rising slightly in Wales fuelled by primaries where three times as many pupils are off compared to secondaries. The latest Public Health Wales data comes as hundreds of children have been sent home to work again this week because so many staff are absent – not necessarily owing to Covid.
Figures show school attendance has also dropped off. Nearly one in four A-level year 13 pupils are not turning up and in the school statutory age group those in the key GCSE year 11 are least likely to be in school, separate data from the Welsh Government shows.
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