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1200 Covid Cases in North Yorkshire Schools

Education bosses say the numbers remain high.

The number of confirmed COVID cases in School age children in North Yorkshire remains high and is having an impact on school attendance figures.

The County Council's Assistant Director for Education, Amanda Newbold says 217 settings across the county have COVID cases.

Concern remains over the number of disabled children not attending school in North Yorkshire, the number remains high as a result of the COVID situation.

Executive Member for Children's services - Janet Sanderson - says it's a complicated situation for the families affected.

Attendance figures in the county's schools remains below pre-pandemic levels. Latest figures show that at the end of September 2021 90% of pupils were attending school compared to 95.3% prior to the pandemic.

 

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