Primary school attendanceÌýhas risen for the third week in a row, theÌýlatest Department for Education data, published today, reveals.
LastÌýThursday 24 per cent ofÌýprimary pupils were in school, up fromÌý23 per cent the week before on 4 February, 22 per cent on 28 JanuaryÌýand 21 per cent on 21 January.
This means that attendanceÌýwas six times higherÌýthan during the first lockdown in March to May last year, when 4 per cent of pupils attended primary schools.
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Attendance in secondary schools last week was lower than in primary schools: 5 per cent, a figure that has remained stable since 13 January. It was 1 per cent during the first lockdown.
In special schools, 35 per cent of pupilsÌýattended -Ìýcompared with 8 per cent in the first lockdown.
Slight fall in the number of key worker children in schoolÌý
The data also reveals that half ofÌýprimary teachers and leaders, andÌý60 per cent of teaching assistants and other staff, were working on site in primaries last week.
In secondary schools, 23 per cent of teachers and leaders, and 38 per cent of TAs and other staff, were working on site.
The percentages of these staff working on site for special schools wasÌý64 and 62 respectively.
Previous statistics released last weekÌýrevealed that the number of critical workers’ children in school hadÌýsurged by 45,000. But on 11 February the number of children of critical workers in school wasÌý894,000, slightly down from 895,000 on 4 February.
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