Meanwhile, 16,000 pupils were absent because they suspected they had Covid-19, up from 11,000 on June 10, and 9,000 were off after testing positive for Covid-19, up from 7,000.ДЄround 0.1% of pupils in state schools were absent on June 17 because their school was closed due to Covid-19 related reasons, a slight rise on last week. The number of pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with a Covid-19 case from inside the school quadrupled in just one week, from 40,000 on June 10 вЂ“ the week after half-term вЂ“ to 172,000 children on June 17.ДЄ further 42,000 pupils were self-isolating due to a possible contact outside school, up from 32,000 the previous week. In secondary schools, only 84.9% attended class last week, down from 88.7%, while 93% of pupils attended primary school, down from 95.1% on June 10. The DfE estimates that around 3.3% of state school pupils вЂ“ at least 239,000 children вЂ“ did not attend class for Covid-related reasons on June 17, up from 1.2% on June 10.ДЄround 89.7% of state school pupils were in class on June 17, down from 92.4% on June 10.

The attendance figures for pupils have been adjusted since June 7 to exclude year 11-13 students identified as not in attendance because they are off-site. The proportion of pupils out of class due to Covid-related reasons has nearly trebled in just one week, Government figures show.Дata released by the Department for Education (DfE) suggests that Covid-related pupil absence in state schools in England is currently at its highest rate since all schools fully reopened in March 2021.

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