The latest school attendance figures from the Department for Education show that as of 25 November, 208,000 pupils did not attend school due to Coronavirus. This compares to 130,000 children two weeks prior.
Of these,106,000 had a confirmed case of Coronavirus, up from 67,000 on 11 November.
It comes after the DfE announced additional safety measures in schools this week such as making staff and visitors wear face coverings after the new variant Omicron was discovered in the UK.
A breakdown of the latest figures reveals attendance in primary schools was 91.1 per cent on 25 November, down from 93.6 per cent a fortnight earlier.
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