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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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Thismummyruns · 01/01/2021 23:00

Tier 4 primary here, 0 cases

Glitterblue · 01/01/2021 23:15

0 in DD's middle school, Northumberland.

ArosAdraDrosDolig · 01/01/2021 23:25

DD’s school has had none. Here they are still isolating the whole class for a positive test and I have had letters from my other DCs’ school when there have been cases outside their bubble.

ProfYaffle · 01/01/2021 23:51

High School in Norfolk, tier 4. No cases as yet (touch wood) they did insist on masks for students at all times right from September though.

namechangetheworld · 02/01/2021 00:07

None here thank goodness. Tier 4 in the East of England, small village primary.

Shannith · 02/01/2021 00:17

None here. Small private school in Surrey. They are being strict and have small classes but basically extremely lucky.

Singlemum31 · 02/01/2021 00:34

My 2 youngest in primary have had 0 cases we live near Luton so a high area, yet my son in Upper, there have been around 3cases. I don't know anyone who has had it. 🤞

CatVsChristmasTree · 02/01/2021 01:09

Tier 4. Small village primary. None from September to December until 1st day of the Christmas holidays when we had an email to say there had been a confirmed case, then another a few days later.

Secondary school (rural) none until last week of school term when they started having at least one a day. Other secondaries in towns in the county had so many cases they'd had to close a few weeks before. So not far apart geographically, I think it was more to do with being rural and people probably not mixing outside school as much as in towns.

elliejjtiny · 02/01/2021 01:14

My dc's primary has had 2 cases. Secondary has had about 10 I think, over half of them in year 8.

elliejjtiny · 02/01/2021 01:14

This is in the South West, tier 4.

wellthatsunusual · 02/01/2021 01:17

My child's primary school hasn't had any. My older child's secondary has had dozens and has had to close at one stage and stagger the year groups on other occasions.

InglouriousBasterd · 02/01/2021 01:18

None in DDs school, tier 4 SW London

EcoCustard · 02/01/2021 01:20

None in our small village primary school. Tier 4 now, was 3 and rural East Midlands. A couple of kids self isolated over last term as parents tested positive but no confirmed cases.

frustrationcentral · 02/01/2021 01:20

DS2's secondary had non until the last day of term! Even then it was a member of staff with no links to the children so no bubbles burst

DS1 attends a college involving 4000 students and afaik they had 2 cases last term. Amazing really as a lot of students come in by train from all over the county

saffire · 02/01/2021 01:22

@lcdododo

You honestly have no idea.

In my school, the head isn't telling anyone. And not even following the 'bubble' rule anymore. So even if your child is in the same class, they won't be informed.

Same in dd primary school. Bubbles are virtually non existent - some children are in one year group in the morning and a different in the afternoon. Staff are not distancing from each other or the children and are moving around the school teaching across "bubbles".

Honestly, I lost all faith back in March when multiple children were ill after visitors to the school had positive results and we had to read about it in the paper rather than the school telling us.

frustrationcentral · 02/01/2021 01:25

@frustrationcentral

DS2's secondary had non until the last day of term! Even then it was a member of staff with no links to the children so no bubbles burst

DS1 attends a college involving 4000 students and afaik they had 2 cases last term. Amazing really as a lot of students come in by train from all over the county

TBH though as DS1 now has confirmed Covid himself I wouldn't be surprised if lots of children's go to school/college without knowing they have it. He had a headache and temp on Sunday, since then slight on and off dizziness and his appetite isn't quite right but you wouldn't say he's ill as such. Easy to just say he's a bit off colour. We only had him tested as I happened to brush past him Sunday eve and realised he had a fever!
OnlyJudyCanJudgeMee · 02/01/2021 01:52

SE London. Our primary has had none.

PodgeBod · 02/01/2021 01:53

None in ours, tier 4 and now shutting. It is a tiny tiny school though.

Northernsoulgirl45 · 02/01/2021 03:35

Tier 4 all Primary bar the one serving the private estate have had cases and the Secondary had close to 20 cases.

LemonSquirtInTheEyeOfLife · 02/01/2021 03:40

None in any of the 5 primary schools in my town. Unsure about the 3 secondary schools.

LemonSquirtInTheEyeOfLife · 02/01/2021 03:41

We were tier 2 until last week though.

FancySomeChips · 02/01/2021 03:42

South east- one child and then their teacher in sept, then nothing till December when it exploded and every year group bar one was off isolating.
Colleagues husband died after she took it home in September.
A TA caught it in June (from the keyworker bubble) and they still aren’t back at work as still suffering long COVID. Single mum. Has been a nightmare for her and her kids.

Raindancer411 · 02/01/2021 03:44

We hadn't until they broke up for Xmas and then had one. Our infants had two

WreckTangled · 02/01/2021 04:46

Our school has around 50 pupils and dd could name anyone off absent each day. No child has been off more more than two days and the school as a whole had over 98% attendance for the term so I'm pretty confident in saying they haven't had any cases.

There's a big difference between small village schools and 3 class intakes schools.

IHateCoronavirus · 02/01/2021 05:03

Most of you seem to have been quite lucky. All 4DC of my have been off al least once. My youngest (primary, reception) 3 times! It feels like he’s been out more than in. Only h the parents of children needing to isolate were informed each time.
We are t3 at the moment, but back in October/November our rates were amongst the highest in the country. Maybe that’s why?