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CEC contacts Government over Covid pressure on schools

CEC contacts Government over Covid pressure on schools

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has contacted Government education chiefs about the growing pressure on schools as teachers continue to pick up Covid from pupils.

Director of education Jacky Forster told the council’s children and families committee that Covid was having a bigger impact in primary than secondary schools at present.

March 28, 2022
Covid cases in Cheshire East 10-14 yr olds “five times” higher than adults

Covid cases in Cheshire East 10-14 yr olds “five times” higher than adults

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The number of school children who have tested positive in the 10 to 14 age group in Cheshire East is nearly five times that of the adult population.

Latest available figures quoted by director of education Jacky Forster revealed that at the beginning of the week (October 4), the overall positive rate in Cheshire East was 515 per 100,000 population.

October 8, 2021