Dear Parents/Carers
I would like to share again the letter from Executive Director of Education Tony McDaid, which highlights current self-isolation guidelines:
“Self-isolation rules.
The approach of requiring whole classes or groupings of pupils to self-isolate as close contacts is no longer necessary in normal circumstances.
Therefore, there will no longer be a need to isolate whole groups of children and contact tracing will be undertaken by Test & Protect (T&P). If someone is identified by T&P as being a close contact the following new rules apply:-
• Children aged 5 to 18 years will not have to isolate for 10 days, so long as they remain asymptomatic and have a negative PCR.
• Under 5’s will not have to isolate so long as they remain asymptomatic but there is no mandatory requirement for them to have a negative PCR.
• Adults who are double vaccinated and have a negative PCR will no longer have to isolate if they are a contact of a positive case.”
Please click here for the letter in full
If your child receives a positive PCR test outwith school hours, please text the school mobile – 07867 348652 – with your child’s name, date of the positive PCR result and your contact details.
Thank you,
Mrs D MacKenna, Head Teacher
