Hundreds of children in entire year groups have been sent home to learn remotely again as Covid continues to cause havoc in schools. For some there will be no online teaching available either, owing to teacher shortages.
Headteachers said high levels of staff absence and lack of supply cover means they have had no choice but to close some year groups entirely. Exam years are being prioritised for face to face learning with the first summer exams since 2019 only weeks away.
Attendance across Wales continues to slump with more than one in 10 pupils missing classes on average and more than 15,500 children off school for a known Covid related reason in the week to March 25. You can read more about that here.
