Covid-19 update
Covid Guidance Update
As we have a number of cases of Covid within the school community, we thought it would be helpful to clarify the isolation process so parents will know when their child(ren) may return to school. The advice we follow to manage the safety of our school is based on guidance we received from the Department for Education.
When is day one of isolation?
The official “day one” of isolation refers to the first FULL day. The day your symptoms start, or the day you test positive if you do not have symptoms, counts as DAY ZERO. (If for example, you only tested positive at 11pm at night it would be unfair to call that a day of isolation).
When can I stop isolating?
The isolation period is now only five full days. But you may only stop isolating on Day 6 if you test negative on a lateral flow on Day 5 and Day 6, at least 24 hours apart, as long as you do not have a high temperature.
If one of these tests returns positive, you must wait until receiving two consecutive days of negative tests to leave isolation, or wait the full 10 days. (Previously, people who did not have symptoms but tested positive on a lateral flow had to order a PCR. They then had to restart their isolation period from the day they took the PCR rest, if the result returned positive.)
If you have any questions about when your child (or any siblings affected) should return to school, please do call the school office on 01453 762774 BEFORE your child comes back.
Covid Guidance Update
As we have a number of cases of Covid within the school community, we thought it would be helpful to clarify the isolation process so parents will know when their child(ren) may return to school. The advice we follow to manage the safety of our school is based on guidance we received from the Department for Education.
When is day one of isolation?
The official “day one” of isolation refers to the first FULL day. The day your symptoms start, or the day you test positive if you do not have symptoms, counts as DAY ZERO. (If for example, you only tested positive at 11pm at night it would be unfair to call that a day of isolation).
When can I stop isolating?
The isolation period is now only five full days. But you may only stop isolating on Day 6 if you test negative on a lateral flow on Day 5 and Day 6, at least 24 hours apart, as long as you do not have a high temperature.
If one of these tests returns positive, you must wait until receiving two consecutive days of negative tests to leave isolation, or wait the full 10 days. (Previously, people who did not have symptoms but tested positive on a lateral flow had to order a PCR. They then had to restart their isolation period from the day they took the PCR rest, if the result returned positive.)
If you have any questions about when your child (or any siblings affected*) should return to school, please do call the school office on 01453 762774 BEFORE your child comes back.
Should I keep siblings off?
*We are asking parents to keep siblings at home, please, if one of their children tests positive. This is because it takes time for symptoms to develop or a LFT to show positive and in the meantime, they could be spreading Covid around their class.