School closures having 'major negative impact' on learning for third of secondary school pupils

The latest release in the CSO's series Social Impact of Covid-19 Survey highlights the impact that school closures are having on students' learning and social development.

More than a third of respondents with a child in secondary school reported that enforced school closures have had a major negative impact on their child’s learning, according to a new survey from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

This rose to almost half (48%) of respondents with a child in fifth or sixth year of secondary school.