Rapid testing (using a Lateral Flow Device, LFD) helps identify those asymptomatic cases that might otherwise not be detected, causing the virus to spread further. The testing offer at Tonbridge Grammar School is in line with Department for Education guidance.

Home Testing

Staff and students will be provided with home testing kits to enable them to resume subsequent regular testing at home.

Results should be notified to the NHS https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result and also to the School - see below links.

Any students or staff testing positive via this testing should self-isolate as soon as possible.

Twice weekly home testing for staff

Twice weekly home testing for students 

Parents and carers of school children are also being encouraged to test twice a week - kits can be ordered from Schools, nurseries and colleges testing: order coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid lateral flow home test kits - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Linked documents:

• Privacy Notice for Home Testing

The Department for Education have established a helpline that is available to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents, carers and young people can contact the helpline as follows:

Phone: 0800 046 8687

Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk

Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

The NHS has asked schools to make their NHS COVID-19 Parent Guide available - please use the link below to access the guide

• Parent Guide

Please read the guidance links below on social distancing and about effective self-isolation.

Personal hygiene is the most important way in which people can tackle COVID-19, especially washing hands more; and the catch it, bin it, kill it strategy for those with coughs and sneezes.  

Links to the latest information are below:

• DfE Operational Guidance for schools

• Guidance for parents and carers as schools open to more children and young people

• COVID-19: people with COVID-19 and their contacts

• Guidance on safer travel

• UK Government response

• Travel advice

• NHS advice

• Public Health England blog

• Behaviour Policy - with Covid addendum

• Privacy Notice Addendum - collection of medical data during the pandemic

• Child Protection Policy Addendum - updated January 2021

• 16-19 Tuition Fund Statement

Please see the links below to important information regarding travel to and from school:

• KCC School Transport advice

• Arriva Kent Coronavirus safer travel guidance

• Arriva Kent route information - March 2021

• Southeastern trains Coronavirus travel advice

• Southeastern trains travel during Covid infographic - April 2021

• GTR rail travel advice for students