Covid

Schools fear closures amid Covid testing kit delays

8% of schools reported having staff unable to attend due to a lack of Covid tests

James Carr
James Carr
Omicron

Covid close contact daily testing brought back for schools

Pupils aged five and above will be expected to take tests for a week under new national approach

James Carr
James Carr
News

Schools left waiting for thousands of home Covid tests for pupils

Schools have been left waiting for thousands of home Covid tests, prompting warnings the government is “undermining” its own...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Consent for school Covid testing trial questioned

The Department for Education has been alerted to potential ethics issues with its Covid testing trial in schools. More...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Reopening schools: DfE’s ‘illogical’ Covid testing policy puts pupils in isolation

The government’s “nonsensical” Covid testing policy that pupils tested on-site must self-isolate without taking confirmatory lab tests has seen...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Government ‘flying blind’ over Covid tests for pupils

Schools have been placed in an “impossibly difficult position” as the government restricts Covid tests to those with “classic...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips