It is essential that any pupil who has COVID-19 symptoms, or who share a household with someone who has symptoms, does not attend the school and  follows the self-isolation guidance and access a test at a testing site or at home using the online booking portal. 

The main symptoms of COVID-19 are:

• a high temperature: this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough: this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste: this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

WG recommend testing for those with a continuous cough, fever, or loss of or change in the sense of taste or smell.

If an individual has other cold-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, they do not need to be tested or to self-isolate.  

IF YOUR CHILD IS ILL PLEASE DO NOT BRING THEM TO SCHOOL

Booking a free coronavirus (COVID-19) test is done through the online booking portal. This will then give you a range of testing options available in your local area. This will usually be:

Test centre - Booking a test at a drive-in test centre is likely to be the fastest way to get a test. 

Walk in local testing centres are shortly being opened in a number of locations. This network is continuing to expand to make it easier for people without cars to get a test.

Pupils returning to school will routinely have their temperature checked on their first day back at school,

Thanks for your continued support