Covid test

[Tumblebugsjump]

Hi
Our school is right next to a covid testing centre with plenty of availability. This is relevant. If a pupils parent said they had covid symptoms, would you insist that their child had a test and would the school provide the test by dropping it around to the parents house. Asking for a friend if this is standard practice for a primary school. Dosen't add up to me. Thanks

That quote is from an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) 15th January 2021

www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n148

I suppose it does sound too far-fetched to be believable!

My personal favourite ‘demanding parent’ story was last lockdown, when a family didn’t have a printer. They could access online learning but needed to print out resources (primary). School of course provided weekly printed packs for her and many other parents to collect from outside the front of the school building at staggered times.

Parent went batshit and tried to report us to Ofsted, LA and everyone else she could think of because we wouldn’t hand deliver it to her.

This family lived next door to the school. Literally five steps out of her front door to ours.

When we said sod it and started putting it through her letterbox, we found it posted back through our door with a note stating that her child would be completing no home learning until we printed everything in colour.

Luckily this family have left now. I dread to think what they’d do if we didn’t hand deliver a covid test to them 😂