Covid Update
Daily Contact Testing (DCT)
Daily Contact Testing is the regular, daily testing of close contacts of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Around one in three people who have COVID-19 have no symptoms and could be spreading it without realising it. By increasing the positive cases detected, Daily Contact Testing is potentially the best way to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in the community. The trial aims to answer this question, and the safety and progress of the trial is regularly reviewed by a panel of independent experts.
Please see the documents below regarding the DCT trial at Queensbridge.
Home Testing - Lateral Flow
- All staff and pupils will test themselves on each Sunday and Wednesday evening until further notice (including the Easter Holidays)
- Please supervise your child throughout the test, follow the instructions to upload the result to NHS Track and Trace. The quickest way is to use a phone and log into: www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result
- You will need to tell the school the result of each test by completing a short questionnaire which can be found here forms.office.com/r/6f525isXed
- Please use the following email address to report a positive test result to school:covidresults@queensbridge.bham.sch.uk pupils will need to stay home and self-isolate and book for a PCR test. Information on how to get a PCR test can be found here: www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test
- If lateral flow test is unclear (void) pupils will need to do another one.
Above information included in Home Testing letter 18/03/2021.
For all Home Learning information, visit our Remote Learning page.