Students will shortly be moving to twice weekly, rapid COVID-19 testing at home. This is following their first three supervised tests on site at school/college.

Up to 1 in 3 people who have COVID-19 have no symptoms and could be spreading it without knowing. Getting into a regular habit of testing twice a week will help stop the virus spreading, keeping your family and friends safer. 

Students in all except years 8 and 9 will have already received home COVID-19 testing kits with remaining students receiving their kits tomorrow (15 March 2021).  Please make sure your child tests themselves twice a week 3-5 days apart, in the morning before school if possible and, if not, the evening before.  We would recommend testing Sunday night/Monday morning and Wednesday night/Thursday morning.  A helpful youtube video is available which details the entire process by clicking here.  A leaflet is also attached for more information.

Your child should also continue testing twice a week, at home, throughout the Easter school holidays. Students have already received kits with 3 weeks worth of tests and we will be sending home extra kits for Easter holiday before term ends.

This does not replace testing for those with symptoms. If you have symptoms you must self-isolate immediately, book a PCR test and follow national guidelines. 

Reporting results

It is really important that results of test are reported online straight away, even if your child’s result is negative or void. It’s easy to do at www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result. 

Results can also be reported via telephone by calling 119 (free from mobiles and landlines). Lines are open every day, 7am to 11pm.

It is important to keep a note of your child’s results and share with school or college as well via The Elizabethan Academy Reporting Form.  In order to make things as simple as possible, this form requires students to log in using their academy email address and password.  Their email address is the same as the username they use to access the academies computer network followed by "@elizabethan.notts.sch.uk".

Testing for parents, households and bubbles twice a week

A reminder that regular rapid testing is now also available for parents, their households and support or childcare bubbles. The government is encouraging all families to participate in twice weekly testing to help stop the spread.

Parents and other adults in the household can access tests by:

• Ordering tests online www.gov.uk/order-school-household-tests   
• Getting an assisted test at work, if it is available
• Attending a test site to get tested (where you will be able to see how to take the test) or pick up tests to do at home.

To find out more on school household testing visit Households and bubbles of pupils, students and staff of schools and colleges: get rapid lateral flow tests - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

We continue to encourage everyone to take part in regular Covid-19 testing.