"Figure 3: Primary school headteachers in the study were less likely than secondary school headteachers to agree that wearing face coverings helps pupils and staff to feel safe","" "Proportions of primary and secondary headteachers agreeing to various statements on the wearing of face coverings, England, January to February 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following? Pupils wearing a mask/face covering… [figures are net of ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’] 2. Base: Primary school headteachers, n = 91 from headteacher questionnaire 3. Base: Secondary school headteachers, n = 34 from headteacher questionnaire 4. Please note that headteacher data are unweighted." "Unit","%" "","" "Row Labels","Primary","Secondary" "Makes it difficult to communicate with others","78","74" "Makes learning more difficult","74","71" "Helps puplis to feel safe","12","71" "Helps keep staff safe","56","79"