Tag: absences
Headteacher apologises after criticising parents over storm absences
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Head at Merseyside school is forced to apologise after comparing absences due to Storm Franklin to children walking to school 'for miles' in war torn countriesHeadteacher Angela Holleran sent letter to parents on the...
School staff absences could force a fresh return to online lessons
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New fears for face to face teaching: School staff absences could force a fresh return to online lessons as masks make a classroom comebackNadhim Zahawi said schools might find face-to-face teaching impossible Omicron...
Covid absences among NHS staff have DOUBLED in a fortnight
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Boris is urged to convene COBRA to save NHS from 'devastating' staffing crisis as absences DOUBLE in a fortnight and Covid admissions spike to 11-month high (so, how many staff are off sick at YOUR hospital?)Nearly 2...
Schools told to reduce Covid absences after 200,000 miss lessons
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Schools told to get tough on Covid: Teachers are told to crack down on absences after 200,000 children missed lessons for coronavirus-related reasons last weekOne in 40 pupils missed school due to Covid last week, of...
Testing of Covid contacts in schools reduces absences, study says
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Forcing children to isolate is 'needless' and daily testing of Covid contacts in schools drastically reduces staff and pupil absences without increasing infections, Oxford University study saysIt proved just as effec...
Pupils could be regularly screened for Covid in bid to tackle absences
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Test daily and burst the bubbles: Pupils could be regularly screened for Covid in bid to tackle absences as it emerges up to one in 20 children are away from school because of the virusThe number of children absent f...