Table 2.
Characteristics of primary schools sampled and participating in the Schools Infection Survey (SIS) and the participants eligible and participating in SIS (any survey round).
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Schools in sampled LAsa (n=1862), n (%) | Sampled schools (n=118), n (%) | Participating schools (n=59), n (%) | Eligible staff in participating schoolsb (n=3112), n (%) | Participating staff (n=1891), n (%) | Eligible students in participating schoolsb (n=22,225), n (%) | Participating students (n=4654), n (%) | ||
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Transmission at time of sampling | ||||||||
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Lowc (lower 80% LAs) | 545 (29.3) | 40 (33.9) | 19 (32.2) | 1250 (40.2) | 647 (34.2) | 8844 (39.8) | 1523 (32.7) |
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Highd (top 20% LAs) | 1317 (70.7) | 78 (66.1) | 40 (67.8) | 1862 (59.8) | 1244 (65.8) | 13,381 (60.2) | 3131 (67.3) |
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Rural hamlet or village or town and fringe | 436 (23.4) | 15 (12.7) | 9 (15.3) | 260 (8.4) | 177 (9.4) | 1621 (7.3) | 594 (12.8) |
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Urban city and town | 732 (39.3) | 45 (38.1) | 20 (33.9) | 1176 (37.8) | 739 (39.1) | 7830 (35.2) | 2001 (43) |
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Urban conurbation | 694 (37.3) | 58 (49.2) | 30 (50.8) | 1676 (53.9) | 975 (51.6) | 12,774 (57.5) | 2059 (44.2) |
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School size (tertiles) | ||||||||
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Small: <202 students | 547 (29.4) | 17 (14.4) | 10 (17) | 230 (7.4) | 179 (9.5) | 1393 (6.3) | 524 (11.3) |
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Medium: 202 to <338 students | 668 (35.9) | 43 (36.4) | 22 (37.3) | 848 (27.2) | 630 (33.3) | 5258 (23.7) | 1320 (28.4) |
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Large: 338 to 1732 students | 630 (33.8) | 58 (49.2) | 27 (45.8) | 2034 (65.4) | 1082 (57.2) | 15,574 (70.1) | 2810 (60.4) |
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Data not available | 17 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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Index of multiple deprivation of school postcode (2019) | ||||||||
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Most deprived | 630 (33.8) | 43 (36.4) | 20 (33.9) | 960 (30.8) | 666 (35.2) | 6685 (30.1) | 1111 (23.9) |
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2 | 390 (21) | 26 (22) | 13 (22) | 846 (27.2) | 378 (20) | 6384 (28.7) | 927 (19.9) |
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3 | 330 (17.7) | 19 (16.1) | 8 (13.6) | 437 (14) | 282 (14.9) | 3005 (13.5) | 512 (11) |
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4 | 313 (16.8) | 21 (17.8) | 14 (23.7) | 690 (22.2) | 445 (23.5) | 4889 (22) | 1658 (35.6) |
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Least deprived | 199 (10.7) | 9 (7.6) | 4 (6.8) | 179 (5.8) | 120 (6.3) | 1262 (5.7) | 446 (9.6) |
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Proportion of students eligible for free school meals band | ||||||||
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<10% | 474 (25.5) | 20 (17) | 10 (17) | 487 (15.6) | 331 (17.5) | 3467 (15.6) | 1223 (26.3) |
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10% to <20% | 521 (28) | 38 (32.2) | 22 (37.3) | 1078 (34.6) | 689 (36.4) | 7566 (34) | 1769 (38) |
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20% to <30% | 368 (19.8) | 28 (23.7) | 11 (18.6) | 868 (27.9) | 391 (20.7) | 6933 (31.2) | 891 (19.1) |
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30% to <40% | 267 (14.3) | 20 (17) | 11 (18.6) | 446 (14.3) | 309 (16.3) | 2746 (12.4) | 567 (12.2) |
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40% to 100% | 214 (11.5) | 12 (10.2) | 5 (8.5) | 233 (7.5) | 171 (9) | 1513 (6.8) | 204 (4.4) |
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Data not available | 18 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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Previous year school absence data (% morning or afternoon absences across year) | ||||||||
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Low (1% to 3.7%) | 697 (37.4) | 31 (26.3) | 16 (27.1) | 779 (25) | 556 (29.4) | 5209 (23.4) | 1959 (42.1) |
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Medium (3.8% to 4.6%) | 641 (34.4) | 44 (37.3) | 22 (37.3) | 1000 (32.1) | 663 (35.1) | 7172 (32.3) | 1315 (28.3) |
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High (4.7% to 48.1%) | 463 (24.9) | 40 (33.9) | C (C)e | 1155 (37.1) | 581 (30.7) | 8418 (37.9) | 1172 (25.2) |
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Data not available | 61 (3.3) | 3 (2.5) | C (C)e | 178 (5.7) | 91 (4.8) | 1426 (6.4) | 208 (4.5) |
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Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) rating | ||||||||
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Inadequate or requires improvement | 150 (8.1) | 13 (11) | 4 (6.8) | 273 (8.8) | 140 (7.4) | 1996 (9) | 407 (8.7) |
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Good | 1231 (66.1) | 77 (65.3) | 39 (66.1) | 2095 (67.3) | 1221 (64.6) | 15,052 (67.7) | 2809 (60.4) |
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Outstanding | 242 (13) | 18 (15.2) | 10 (17) | 366 (11.8) | 316 (16.7) | 2608 (11.7) | 1064 (22.9) |
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Data not available | 239 (12.8) | 10 (8.5) | 6 (10.2) | 378 (12.1) | 214 (11.3) | 2569 (11.6) | 374 (8) |
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Student to teacher ratio | ||||||||
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<20 | 672 (36.1) | 45 (38.1) | 22 (37.3) | 1182 (38) | 627 (33.2) | 8569 (38.6) | 1442 (31) |
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20 to <51 | 1113 (59.8) | 68 (57.6) | 34 (57.6) | 1681 (54) | 1143 (60.4) | 11,890 (53.5) | 2964 (63.7) |
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Data not available | 75 (4) | 5 (4.2) | 3 (5.1) | 249 (8) | 121 (6.4) | 1766 (7.9) | 248 (5.3) |
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School average progress scores in reading, writing, and mathematicsf | ||||||||
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Low (−11.77 to −0.70) | 497 (26.7) | 26 (22) | 12 (20.3) | 481 (15.5) | 318 (16.8) | 3388 (15.2) | 787 (16.9) |
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Medium (−0.67 to 0.93) | 554 (29.8) | 37 (31.4) | 21 (35.6) | 954 (30.7) | 700 (37) | 6659 (30) | 2108 (45.3) |
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High (0.97 to 15.33) | 572 (30.7) | 40 (33.9) | 18 (30.5) | 941 (30.2) | 590 (31.2) | 6448 (29) | 1157 (24.9) |
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Data not available | 239 (12.8) | 15 (12.7) | 8 (13.6) | 736 (23.7) | 283 (15) | 5730 (25.8) | 602 (12.9) |
aLA: local authority.
bEligible: all staff and students in schools, which participated in any of the survey rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
cHigh transmission: top 20% LAs when ranked according to SARS-CoV-2 infection per 100,000 population from September 2, 2020, to September 8, 2020.
dLow transmission: lower 80% LAs when ranked according to SARS-CoV-2 infection per 100,000 population from September 2, 2020, to September 8, 2020.
eC: data suppressed (2 smallest categories suppressed).
fAverage of the combined reading, writing, and mathematics scores.