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Original poster

Out of interest, how many schools have had 0 confirmed covid cases yet?

162 replies

Zara50 · 01/01/2021 20:42

We are tier 4 (midlands). My dc primary school has still yet to have a confirmed covid case, which is obviously great for us but I think is purely down to luck as opposed to safety measures.

Just curious as to how many other schools in high tier areas are similar... I guess primary age children are often asymptomatic and therefore go undiagnosed?

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Scarby9 · 01/01/2021 21:06

Three primaries in our MAT have had none so far. Three others have had one each. Were Tier 2, now Tier 3.

Funkypickle · 01/01/2021 21:06

Hampshire - just over the border of Surrey. And when I mean just I mean via one roundabout exit. That part of Surrey being fairly high in cases. From what I've heard the local hospital is near on full. No confirmed cases no bubbles closed or isolating in a 3 form per year infant school.

Scarby9 · 01/01/2021 21:07

The rest have had four or five cases each.

WreckTangled · 01/01/2021 21:10

Tier 4 - 0 cases in my dds primary and none in any of my friends dc's primary schools. Can think of two near the city centre that I know have had cases but that's it. (I usually work with around 40 primary schools in my line of work and, although I haven't had contact with all of them, I think they have mainly been unaffected). I'm in the south east but fairly rural.

WorriedMillie · 01/01/2021 21:10

Tier 3 area. Was tier 2 until this week, primary, 220ish children
7 confirmed cases amongst staff, over the couple of weeks before Christmas, I haven’t heard of any cases in children, anecdotally (small community, news spreads fast) or otherwise

Lougle · 01/01/2021 21:10

We had 10 cases in the Autumn Term in DD2 & DD3's school (1300 pupils). We got an email every time there was a positive case, whether or not people had to isolate as a result (e.g. tested positive over half-term, so no need for isolation of other pupils/staff).

DD1's school (180 pupil special school) has had no cases. But their staff are in scrubs and visors and they have some pretty strict rules, too.

Splann · 01/01/2021 21:12

None in ours. Small rural primary in West Cornwall.

Funkypickle · 01/01/2021 21:17

Sorry should add that there have been staff and pupils off isolating pending a negative results on and off since September. But so far we have seemed to escaped. Only a matter of time.

I think what has made the difference is that I am in a very high commuter area and parents of the kids seem to either be working from home or furloughed. (Not going into London) I think the school probably had several cases (my family included) in February /March last year. We as family were ill and I was very ill from end of Feb til Easter with classic covid symptoms. (ie loss of smell/taste, fever and cough) this was before the loss of smell was even listed as symptom. 2 different sets of parents in my dc's class last year work in the local hospital (ill at roughly the same time) and both have had positive antibody tests. One of their children was very very ill.

Porcupineintherough · 01/01/2021 21:20

Our kids secondary has had about 80 - half of which were staff.

Local primary has about a dozen - again half staff.

In both cases I think a lot of asymptomatic and mild cases amongst children are being missed.

Dartsplayer · 01/01/2021 21:21

Primary in Oxfordshire - only 1 case back in September

carolinesbaby · 01/01/2021 21:24

We are tier 3, have been tier 2 until this week. We have very low cases - only Herefordshire and Cornwall are lower.

Primary no cases at all.
Secondary have had 4, of which 2 were siblings, 1 was their best friend, and the 4th caught it from a parent during half term and didn't come into school at all.

They're not massive schools but this is a village. Anyone who says we wouldn't know has never lived in a village.

Didn't stop us catching it though; 6 of us in this house in the last fortnight.

spenangel · 01/01/2021 21:27

North east special needs primary school. 9 cases over Christmas holidays and previously had 6 cases in November.

borageforager · 01/01/2021 21:28

SW, now in tier 3. No cases in our primary school (about 150 kids), nor in the next village along school (90 kids). 5 cases in our secondary school of about 1500 kids.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 01/01/2021 21:30

Parents at my primary might believe that we've had no cases. But the cases we did have fell very luckily to not need to make any classes isolate as close cases. You only need a 48 hour clearance before symptoms to trigger being told to isolate. The child in my class got symptoms on the Monday, for example so as she'd not been in since the Friday, we didn't need to send letter home.

And she's not the only one.

So not being informed is not the same as definitely having no cases.

blazinglightonthehill · 01/01/2021 21:40

Well...I overheard several parents discussing in the playground how great it was we had had no cases in the school....except my ds bubble had been isolating as had a friends child (y2 and y6).

Turns out they were just oblivious as the only parents notified were those affected.

So this thread won't work....

Original poster
Zara50 · 01/01/2021 21:43

It was confirmed by the Head in her end of term newsletter that we had zero confirmed cases in any staff or pupils, so its not that we just haven't been told...

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Biglumpycustard · 01/01/2021 21:47

I’m also in the midlands and in my sons school
We’ve had 2 confirmed cases the first one a teacher and a lot of the lowers Yeats had to self isolate. Just before Christmas a pupil tested positive and the bubble had to self isolate.

Biglumpycustard · 01/01/2021 21:49

Years not yeats

schoolsarenotsafe · 01/01/2021 21:51

How would you know if they have or haven't?

Our primary and secondary school was only notifying the class or close contacts. Other parents were not informed of these cases.

Starry4120 · 01/01/2021 21:54

0 cases in my children’s primary school in Cornwall.

RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 01/01/2021 21:54

So not being informed is not the same as definitely having no cases.

Yeah, that. I found out that a teacher at my child's school had it back in June, from my next door neighbour.

We didn't have any until suddenly in week 4 of term 2, we had three bubbles close within three days. All in a hurry - ie, not over a weekend, but parents called to collect children half way through the day, or children turned away at the gate.

3littlewords · 01/01/2021 21:58

My DC primary has had 1 dinner lady / mid day supervisor test positive that closed 1 bubble and that's it.

Delta1 · 01/01/2021 21:58

Tier 4 Berks - nothing last term in our school. Nursery to Yr 8.

CraftyGin · 01/01/2021 21:58

Zero in my school (secondary, London)

Jenasaurus · 01/01/2021 22:01

@BeyondThunderdome

My sisters DCs are in school near-ish Gatwick, they've had no (confirmed) cases
thats reassuring to hear, I live in Crawley so this may be my area you are discussing, My DD is a nursery teacher returning on Monday so this will reassure her.