Positive Covid results have seen a sharp rise among some school aged children since the new term started, according to data released today.
The Office for National Statistics' latest Coronavirus Infection Survey - for the week ending September 14 - show cases in England have increased for kids in Year 7 to 11 in a matter of days.
The modelled daily percentage of those in that age testing positive for the virus in the nine days from September 5 went from 0.67 per cent to 2.22 per cent.