13,000 Children Were Kicked out of School Over COVID-19 Rules in England

Pupils wearing masks as a precaution against the transmission of the CCP virus arrive to attend Moor End Academy in Huddersfield, northern England, on Sept. 11, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

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.”