The number of pupils off sick from school in East Lothian remains nearly double pre Covid levels despite a return to 'normal'.
Education chiefs recorded a 13.2 per cent absence rate among children and young people on Friday last week, compared to 13.4 per cent on the same day last year.
But while the rate shows a slight dip in 12 months it remains far above the absence rate for the same period in 2019 which was just over eight per cent.
