Thousands of children are now self-isolating after at least 32 Greater Manchester schools reported Covid cases
manchestereveningnews.co.uk15 schools had sent children home - including four high schools and 11 primaries.Now a further 17 have alerted parents to positive cases, with the exact number expected to be even higher.The sizes of school bubbles that pupils have been put into dictates how many children are needing to self-isolate.
While at some schools it is restricted to one class, at others there are entire high school year groups and in some primaries, two full year groups.One of those is Wilbraham Primary School in Fallowfield, where headteacher Steve Wheeldon has been speaking openly about the impact that confirmed cases is having on families, leaving some parents in tears.Elsewhere Harrop Fold School in Little Hulton has become the third Salford secondary school to.
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