Lincolnshire County Council has revealed its latest list of schools with coronavirus cases with Priory City of Lincoln Academy the latest in a total of 20 it is now working with.
The council said that the only school currently closed is Cranwell Primary.
Andy Fox, consultant in public health, said: “As of this Friday, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 20 schools that have had confirmed cases of coronavirus.
“All schools are taking action to limit the potential spread of the virus, with some pupils and staff self-isolating as a precaution.”
Schools with current confirmed cases:
Bourne Westfield Primary
St John the Baptist Primary School, Spalding
Lincoln College
Bardney Primary School
Cranwell Primary School (closed)
Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough
Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School, Grantham
Hackthorn Primary School
Kesteven and Sleaford High School
Lincoln UTC
Ellison Boulters Academy, Scothern
Ermine Academy, Lincoln
Tower Road Academy, Boston
William Farr School, Welton
Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School
Branston Community Academy
Bourne Abbey Primary Academy
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horncastle
Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School
Priory City of Lincoln Academy
The King’s School in Grantham, The Holt Primary School in Skellingthorpe, Spalding High School, The Pilgrim School in Lincoln, Scampton Primary School, Ancaster Primary School, Barkston and Syston Primary School, Sir Robert Pattinson Academy in North Hykheam, Sutton on Sea Primary School, Stamford Endowed Schools and Kesteven and Grantham Girls School are no longer active cases with Public Health England.
North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council said that since term resumed on September 3, there have been six confirmed cases in schools.
A teacher at Cleethorpes Academy and a pupil at Stallingborough C of E Primary School tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.
A child in Year 6 at Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy also tested positive.
The other two schools have not yet been publicly named.
North Lincolnshire
The exact number of schools with cases has not yet been disclosed by North Lincolnshire Council, but there is understood to be at least five.
South Axholme Academy on Burnham Road in Epworth has a confirmed case of coronavirus.
A member of staff at both St Lawrence Academy in Scunthorpe and Baysgarth School in Barton-upon-Humber tested positive for coronavirus.
Enderby Road Infant School in Scunthorpe also confirmed this week that there has been a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school.
A pupil at Frederick Gough School in Scunthorpe tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to Grimsby Live.
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