Nearly 13,000 children were excluded from school for not following COVID-19 rules, new figures show.
According to figures released last week by the Department for Education, there were 12,965 exclusions from schools in England in the 2020–2021 academic year because of “wilful and repeated transgression of protective measures.”
Seventy-seven exclusions were permanent and 12,888 were temporary.
Mike Fairclough, a headmaster at West Rise Junior School told The Epoch times that it sounds like a lot of kids said, “No, sorry I’m not just going to wear a mask.”
He has been vocal about speaking out about the harm of lockdowns and COVID-19 measures on children….