school in england because a coronavirus has risen. the latest figures show that one in 12 teachers was off work at the beginning of last week. what than 300,000 children were at home. numerous schools have told the bbc that they have not been able to find people to cover. how are we doing this morning? this is how the school day starts in rochdale. there s 32 staff absent at the moment, 20 staff need covering. checking how many staff are off, 32 this morning, including 11 teachers. how many supply have we got in? five supply. five supply? morning, everybody! chris, the head teacher, is just trying to keep it normal for pupils. but it s a constantjuggling act. ladies, mask on properly, please. it s becoming increasingly more challenging, even though we plan ahead and we try and book as many supply teachers as we think we need for the week, the changes in absence on a day by day basis change so quickly that we have to try and be one step ahead. so they are merging some lessons today.
this is how the school day starts in rochdale. there s 32 staff absent at the moment, 20 staff need covering. checking how many staff are off, 32 this morning, including 11 teachers. how many supply have we got in? five supply. five supply? morning, everybody! chris, the head teacher, is just trying to keep it normal for pupils. but it s a constantjuggling act. ladies, mask on properly, please. it s becoming increasingly more challenging, even though we plan ahead and we try and book as many supply teachers as we think we need for the week, the changes in absence on a day by day basis change so quickly that we have to try and be one step ahead. so they are merging some lessons today. the head of maths, irfan ashraf, took a double class. 50 year nine pupils learning together. the two points that it crosses, draw a straight line through. l so they get specialist teaching. this kind of contingency planning shows the lengths schools are willing to go to to keep pupils learning in schoo
at the end of last week. and more than 300,000 children were at home. numerous schools have told the bbc they are unable to find temporary staff to cover as our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. how are we doing this morning? this is how the school day starts in rochdale. there s 32 staff absent at the moment, 20 staff need covering. checking how many staff are off, 32 this morning, including 11 teachers. how many supply have we got in? five supply in. five supply? morning, everybody! chris, the head teacher, is just trying to keep it normal for pupils. morning. but it s a constantjuggling act. ladies, mask on properly, please. it s becoming increasingly more challenging, even though we plan ahead and we try and book as many supply teachers as we think we need for the week, the changes in absence on a day by day basis change so quickly that we have to try and be one step ahead.