TEST & PROTECT
15 December 2021
COVID-19 asymptomatic
testing programme for school staff and pupils
I am writing to let you know about some updates made
to the process for handing out LFD test kits to the children and young people in our secondary school.
Following
updated advice from Test and Protect, we are now able to hand out test kits
proactively to all staff and pupils, to enable them to test twice-weekly at
home and help keep our school/setting safe. There is no longer a requirement
for staff and pupils to “opt in” to the
programme in order to receive or pick up test kits from school. This will bring
the schools programme into line with arrangements in other testing programmes
in society.
Testing
remains voluntary. No-one is required to receive a pack of test kits if they do
not wish to, and no-one is required to take LFD tests as a condition of
attending school. However, we are
strongly encouraging all of our staff and pupils to
do so, and to record results online,
in order to identify any infections early on and help prevent our staff and
children from missing school during the winter period.
At the point
at which staff and pupils are provided with test kits, they will be provided
with information on the programme and privacy arrangements, for example through
the use of information posters and a privacy notice. By taking a pack of test
kits, reading the accompanying instructions, and testing at home, the person participating
will be understood to have agreed to taking part in this process.
The school
will be running test kit “stalls” on Thursday and Friday so that pupils can
collect kits as they leave school at the end of the day.
Please do discuss
the contents of this letter with your child[ren], and continue to encourage
them to do the following to help keep our school community safe:
Test regularly (twice a week) at home; and
Report all results, whether positive negative or void, at www.nhsinform.scot/campaigns/coronavirus-covid-19-report-your-test-result or by calling 119.
Further information for
parents is at: www.parentclub.scot/articles/covid-19-testing-staff-and-pupils,
and more general information on LFD testing can be found at www.nhsinform.scot.
Frequently Asked Questions for young people, designed in partnership with Young
Scot, can be found here: https://young.scot/get-informed/national/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-young-people-at-school.
Yours
faithfully,
R Hunter
Head Teacher
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