The latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), reveals 12.9 per cent of primary school teachers tested positive for coronavirus in the autumn 2021 term, rising to 19.8 per cent in the spring 2022 term (up to 6 April).
In comparison, 12.4 per cent of classroom teachers in secondary schools had a positive test in the spring.
Of all primary school staff, teaching assistants were most likely to test positive for the virus in the spring.
The ONS warns however that there is likely to be an underestimate in the recorded number of infections between the two terms due to changes to the testing guidance in the second half of the spring 2022 term.
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