Covid-19: Education Attendance Debate
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Lord Laming
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Covid-19: Education Attendance
Lord Laming Excerpts(2 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Berridge (Con)
My Lords, current attendance levels—despite those who are self-isolating—are at around 87%. One feature of the pandemic has been the appreciation for teachers and the workforce. On the importance of school, many young people now report that they appreciate it more than they did in the past. We have been clear that we wanted education settings to be the last to close and the first to reopen.
Lord Laming (CB) [V]
My Lords, may I ask about the children not attending school and not in contact with any other services? What are the Government doing to ensure that these missing children and safe and being well cared for?