WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED ADDITIONAL KITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION TO SUPPORT TESTING OVER THE EASTER BREAK.
These will be distributed to students on Thursday of next week.
In line with government guidance, tests need to be taken twice-weekly with 3 to 5 day intervals, for example Monday and Thursday. You should report the result of each test on the site specified in the step-by-step guide. Please notify us of any positive result.
The Department for Education has asked us to pass-on this message:
Testing at home throughout the Easter holidays for schools and colleges
Following the success of the asymptomatic testing programme on the return to school and college, it is vital to keep testing at home throughout the Easter holidays and into the summer term. Please pass on this message to all of your staff, students and parents:
• test twice a week at home from now on (all those who are able to)
• report results online as positive, negative or void. This information is critical in helping us to understand the prevalence of the virus across the country
• continue to test twice weekly over the Easter holidays
• test before returning to school or college for the summer term, either the night before, or morning of, the first day back, to find and isolate any positive cases
The Department for Education also recently updated their guidance for parents and carers during coronavirus and the Department also published a collection of guidance providing information for parents and carers on: essential information for the spring term; coronavirus testing; clubs & out-of-school settings; home schooling & remote education and support for children & young people.
