After weeks of at times wild national media speculation, the early feedback shows that only a minority of parents kept their children away because of safety fears over the virus.
Meanwhile, schools on SecEd’s editorial advisory panel have reported positively on the new term and how staff and students have responded.
On Friday (September 4), the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) published snapshot data from members in England and Wales showing that 92 per cent of schools reported attendance of 81 per cent or higher; 82 per cent reported attendance of 91 to 100 per cent.
Furthermore, the main reasons for non-attendance were pupils having to quarantine following trips abroad (57 per cent), pupils who were still away on holiday (50 per cent), pupils who were ill but not related to Covid-19 (41 per cent), and pupils who were self-isolating following government guidelines (20 per cent).
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