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<p>The department collects data on the number of pupils who have confirmed or suspected
COVID-19 on a daily basis. This data is published from this collection at both national
and local authority levels as part of the official statistics series. The publication
can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.
Data is published from 9 September 2020, but prior to 12 October 2020 information
on pupils who have confirmed or suspected COVID-19 was not comprehensively collected.
This data is collected at school level, not pupil level.</p><p>As part of the publication,
‘Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (Covid 19)
outbreak’, staff COVID-related absence data has been included in today’s release.</p><p>This
data is as reported directly by schools via the department’s daily education settings
survey. It is not the primary source of data on infection, incidence and COVID-19
cases overall. Further detail on this, from data owned elsewhere in government such
as by Public Health England, can be found within the coronavirus in the UK dashboard:
<a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/?_ga=2.91108568.335840232.1603021384-1347302696.1578321854"
target="_blank">https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/?_ga=2.91108568.335840232.1603021384-1347302696.1578321854</a>,
national COVID-19 surveillance reports: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports</a>,
and coronavirus infection survey pilot statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/16october2020"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/16october2020</a>.</p><p>ONS
has published results from the first round of the COVID-19 Schools Infections Survey
(SIS), covering 3 November – 19 November, investigating prevalence levels among primary
and secondary school students and staff. The SIS survey link presents a summary of
estimates, with further data contained in the associated dataset. Comparisons between
groups should be done with caution because of the small sample size. Results can be
found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/covid19schoolsinfectionsurveyround1englandnovember2020"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/covid19schoolsinfectionsurveyround1englandnovember2020</a>.</p>
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