Pupils: Coronavirus

(asked on 29th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of days of in-person education lost by school pupils in England and Wales as a result of isolating after coming into to contact with a fellow pupil who has tested positive for COVID-19.


Answered by
Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
This question was answered on 13th July 2021

The department’s goal is to support pupils to attend face to face education, and to reverse the long-term impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on their education.

The department collects information from schools through the daily education setting survey. Schools record and submit data on the following categories:

  • pupils with a suspected case of COVID-19
  • pupils with a confirmed case of COVID-19
  • pupils self-isolating due to potential contact with a case of COVID-19 from inside the school
  • pupils self-isolating due to potential contact with a case of COVID-19 from outside the school
  • pupils absent as a result of school closures due to COVID-related reasons

Full school attendance data is published weekly and includes information on the number of pupils absent due to potential contact with COVID-19 in schools. The latest week’s data can be accessed through the following link, along with each previous week: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak#dataDownloads-1.

Education is a devolved power and the Department does not collect data on Welsh schools. Please contact the Welsh Government (https://gov.wales).

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