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Schools fear closures amid Covid testing kit delays

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

Unions tell Williamson schools cannot run on-site Covid tests themselves

Heads’ and teachers’ unions have warned Gavin Williamson schools cannot be responsible for running daily on-site Covid testing themselves from September. The general secretaries of school leaders’ unions NAHT and ASCL and teachers’ union NEU have written a joint letter to the education secretary, voicing their “anger and dismay” over the government’s treatment of school […]

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 than 170 schools and colleges are taking part in the scheme in which close contacts of positive Covid cases can stay in the classroom if they test negative after daily rapid tests. Currently close contacts have […]