because of covid are at a new high since all students return to school in march of this year. figures show that more than 640,000 pupils in england are not in school due to covid last week, under 10% of those, 62,000, have confirmed or suspected covid. 0ur education correspondent has this report. this is west horton high school in bolton, an area which has had some of the highest rates of covid in the country. over the past few months, the school has been part of a clinical trial. instead of bubbles being sent home to isolate, children are sent here for daily tests. during the october to christmas period, we sent home masses of students, some students six or seven times in isolation within that period of time. we are keen to avoid that situation again, so when the clinical trial came along to allow us to keep the students in school with the daily contact testing, we volunteered. so, with that, we ve managed to keep well over 500 students in the building that would have been sent home.
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a major impact on learning and on children s well being. labour said it s glad the chaotic bubble system is ending, but says there is a risk that today s announcement will drive up infections in schools. at this primary school, there are safety concerns from teachers, parents and pupils. i think it s a complicated issue. in terms of missed learning and health, i thoroughly welcome it. the children will still be in school. but then when it comes to the anxieties of parents and teachers, of potentially having a child in school with the virus that s dormant, and the impact on their health, that s going to be very, very challenging to manage that. the government hopes in september schools in england will return changes in scottish and welsh schools and wellston announced their changes soon. students will still be offered to lateral flow tests a week. the government hopes in september schools in england will return to normality as we learn to live with covid. but the dilemma of keeping scho
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