Three schools in the Lincoln area have had positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday.
Lincolnshire County Council said on October 1 that it is currently working with 27 schools with cases of COVID-19.
The latest additions to the council’s list are The Meadows Primary School in Lincoln, Waddington All Saints Academy and Dunholme St Chad’s Primary School.
The only school fully closed is Cranwell Primary.
In an email to parents Mrs Simmons, who is headteacher at The Meadows Primary School, said that “members of a Meadows’ family had tested positive for COVID-19.”
The child who attends the school has symptoms. As a precaution the children in that class have been asked to remain at home until the test is processed.
Schools with current confirmed cases:
Lincoln College
Cranwell Primary School (closed)
Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough
Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School, Grantham
Hackthorn Primary School
Kesteven and Sleaford High School
Ellison Boulters Academy, Scothern
Ermine Academy, Lincoln
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
St Helena’s Primary School, Willoughby
Spalding Grammar School
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, North Hykeham
Bluecoat Primary School, Stamford
Somercotes Academy, North Somercotes
The Deepings School
Lincoln Castle Academy
Bluecoat Meres Academy, Grantham
Boston High School
The Meadows Primary School, Lincoln
Waddington All Saints Primary
Dunholme St Chad’s Primary School
Lincoln UTC is the latest to be removed from the list as it is no longer an active case with Public Health England.
North East Lincolnshire
Two schools in North East Lincolnshire, and Grimsby Institute, currently have cases of coronavirus.
Since then there is now a total of seven staff at the school’s two sites, who are now self-isolating after contracting coronavirus, according to Grimsby Live. A small number of pupils have also been sent home to self-isolate.
A student and staff member at Grimsby Institute also tested positive for COVID-19, but their cases are understood to be unrelated and they have been in self-isolation as a precaution.
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 six.
South Axholme Academy in Epworth and Enderby Road Infant School in Scunthorpe each have a 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.
A pupil at Frederick Gough School and a member of staff at Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue (both in Scunthorpe) tested positive for coronavirus.
In addition, John Leggott College in Scunthorpe has a positive case of coronavirus, who is self-isolating at home.
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