Slight rise in schools partially closed due to Covid

Ninety-one per cent of state-funded schools were fully open the week 1-8 October, slightly down from 92% the previous week. Approximately 8% of state-funded schools were not fully open due to suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, up from 7% the previous week.

Overall, 99.8% of state-funded schools were open, the same as the previous week. Of the small proportion (0.2%) of schools that were closed, this was mostly due to COVID-19 related reasons.

Approximately 90% of all children on roll in all state-funded schools were in attendance, the same as last week.
    
Attendance decreased slightly to 92% in state-funded primary schools, from 93%. Attendance was higher in primary schools without nurseries (95%), which suggests attendance is close to normal levels in primary schools. Attendance was higher in fully open schools.

Although the proportion of fully open secondary schools decreased from 82% to 79%, attendance increased among both fully open and not fully open secondary schools. This suggests that, where groups of pupils are being asked to self-isolate, they are becoming smaller. Overall, attendance in state-funded secondaries increased slightly from approximately 86% to 87%. Attendance was higher in fully open schools.