Unfortunately, we have received confirmation that a student in Crew Rashford in Y8/E27 has tested positive for Covid19 via PCR test.
Track and Trace may get in touch with some parents as they are the organisation for helping the student to identify close contacts – they may advise the identified student to have a PCR test. As per the revised guidelines, children under 18 and 6 months and adults who have been double jabbed no longer need to isolate.
The document that we use at school to support all operational matters surrounding Covid states that those children who are close contacts should continue to go to school as normal (unless they have symptoms):
‘Staff who do not need to isolate, and children and young people aged under 18 years 6 months who usually attend school, and have been identified as a close contact, should continue to attend school as normal.’
If some students have already been aware of this news, and they have had a PCR test this morning the helpline explained to me that they should continue to come to school even if they have not yet received the result. However, this is only the case if they do not have any symptoms.
In light of the planned Outward Bound visit to Ullswater tomorrow, we recommend that students should have their Lateral Flow test at home as normal today. As an additional precaution, we will also test all students tomorrow morning before we go to Ullswater in our testing provision in the XP drama studio.
The following document provides additional useful information: ‘Guidance for contacts of a person with a positive test result for coronavirus (COVID-19) who do not live with that person.’
Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions.