The government’s position is that it is crucial that Lateral Flow Device tests are conducted in schools in order to break the chains of transmission of the virus and safeguard the health of the staff of education settings and their pupils and students wherever face-to-face education occurs. Please see below the arrangements for the return in September to our secondary schools and performing Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests.

In response to the government guidance issued yesterday in relation to the actions school leaders should take to reduce the risk of transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) in their school, we have made the difficult decision to cancel examination certificate collection at both Bay House School and Brune Park School.