A further five Lincolnshire schools have positive cases of coronavirus on Wednesday.
Lincolnshire County Council said on November 18 that it is working with 100 schools and 10 nurseries with COVID-19 infections. Over 90% of children are still attending in Lincolnshire despite the outbreaks in schools in the county.
Fosse Way Academy, which is already on the council’s list, announced on Tuesday, November 17 that there has been “another positive test result in the same class bubble”.
In a letter to parents and carers, headteacher Rob Cowling they decided to ask the whole class bubble and some of staff to isolate for 14 days from November 13 (the last day that the affected people were in school). The rest of the school remains open.
Tollbar Multi Academy Trust, which has schools in Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, said a small number of students and staff at Tollbar, Somercotes, Pilgrim and Theddlethorpe Academies have been asked to self-isolate after positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed at the weekend.
Tollbar Academy – two students tested positive resulting in 52 being asked to self-isolate. A number are back in school this week after completing their self-isolation periods
Pilgrim Academy, Immingham – one member of a Year 4 bubble tested positive so the bubble, consisting of 25 pupils and three members of staff, have been sent home to self-isolate for 14 days
Theddlethorpe Academy – one member of the school community has tested positive. As a result one class bubble involving Years 1 and 2, and Years 3 and 4 have been asked to self-isolate. This involves 42 children and three members of staff
Somercotes Academy – one member of staff tested positive and, as a result, eight students were asked to self-isolate. On Wednesday, it was confirmed that two students in Year 10 have since tested positive. This resulted in 80 pupils in their bubble – the whole of Year 10 – being asked to self-isolate as a precaution
The latest Lincolnshire schools added to the council’s list are St Anne’s Primary School (Grantham), Cranwell Primary School, Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School (Grantham), Billingborough Primary School and Holton Le Clay Junior School.
The schools currently listed as closed are King Edward VI Grammar (Louth), St Lawrence School (Horncastle), Holton Le Clay Pre-School, Newton on Trent Primary School (Lincoln), John Spendluffe Technology College (Alford), Greenfields Academy (Grantham) and South View Community Primary School (Crowland).
Andy Fox, consultant in public health, said: “As of this Wednesday, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 100 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 where necessary.
“The majority of schools remain fully open, and those affected are working really well to limit both the risk of the virus spreading and the impact on the pupils’ education.”
These are the schools with current confirmed cases, according to the county council (new in bold at the top):
St Anne’s Primary School, Grantham
Cranwell Primary School
Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School, Grantham
Billingborough Primary School
Holton Le Clay Junior School
Lincoln College
Queen Elizabeth High School, Gainsborough
Kesteven and Sleaford High School
Bluecoat Meres Academy, Grantham
Kesteven and Grantham Girls School
Priory LSST, Lincoln
Boston College
Malcolm Sargent Primary School, Stamford
St George’s Academy, Sleaford
St Peter and St Paul Academy, Lincoln
Stamford Endowed Schools
Branston Community Academy
Grantham College
The King’s School, Grantham
Westgate Academy, Lincoln
William Farr School, Welton, Lincoln
Kisimul School Acacia Hall, Freisthorpe
Leslie Manser Primary, Lincoln
Market Deepings Community Primary
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horncastle
University Academy Long Sutton
De Aston School, Market Rasen
Bourne Academy
Carre’s Grammar School, Sleaford
Hartsholme Academy, Lincoln
Holbeach Primary Academy
The Deepings School
Spalding High School
Spalding Parish School
William Alvey School, Sleaford
Barnes Wallis Academy, Tattershall
Bourne Grammar School
Spalding Academy
Tedder County Primary School, Ashby de la Launde
Alford Primary School
Caistor Grammar School
St Thomas’ CE Primary Academy, Boston
Whitewood Academy, Gainsborough
Scotter Primary School
The Village Pre-School at Manor Farm, North Hykeham
Bardney CE Primary School
Wragby Primary School
Linchfield Community Primary
The Gainsborough Parish Church CE Primary School
Thomas Cowley High School, Spalding
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Alford
Wyberton Primary School
Burton Hathow Preparatory School
Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham
Giles Academy, Boston
Branston Junior Academy
Waddingham Primary School
Fosse Way Academy, North Hykeham
St Faith’s Infant and Nursery School
Clough and Risegate Primary School, Spalding
Kirton Primary School
Mablethorpe Primary Academy
Ruskington Chestnut Primary Academy
Louth Academy
The Holt Primary School, Skellingthorpe
St Lawrence School, Horncastle (closed)
Springwell Alternative Academy, Lincoln
Priory City of Lincoln Academy
Holton Le Clay Pre-School (closed)
South View Community Primary School, Crowland (closed)
Westmere Primary, Spalding
Ermine Primary Academy, Lincoln
King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (closed)
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, North Hykeham
Boston High School
North Kesteven Academy, North Hykeham
Pinchbeck East Primary School
Tower Road Academy, Boston
Newton on Trent Primary School, Lincoln (closed)
Fleet Wood Lane Primary School, Spalding
Colsterworth Primary School
Kidgate Primary Academy, Louth
William Lovell CofE Academy, Stickney
John Spendluffe Technology College, Alford (closed)
Walton Academy, Grantham
St Faith and St Martin Junior School, Lincoln
Market Deepings Community Primary School
St Hugh’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy, Lincoln
Stamford Junior School
Belton Lane Primary School, Grantham
Greenfields Academy, Grantham (closed)
North Thoresby Primary Academy
The Priory School, Spalding
Washingborough Academy
Theddlethorpe Academy
Cliffedale Primary School, Grantham
Priory Witham Academy, Lincoln
Manor Leas Infant School, Lincoln
Lincoln UTC
Cowbit St Mary’s Primary School, Cowbit, Spalding
Public Health are also aware of the following 10 nurseries with positive cases:
Limes Play and Learn, Louth
Angels Childcare, Lincoln
Nutwood Day Nursery, Lincoln
Clarence House Day Nursery, Grantham
Elsaforde Nursery, Sleaford
Sunflowers Nursery, Saxilby
Mon Ami Day Nursery, Alford
Young Tots Nursery, Lincoln
Smart Pants Day Nursery, Mablethorpe
White House Farm Day Nursery, Grantham
Lincoln Minster Nursery said in a letter to Pre-Prep parents/carers on November 13 that a member of its school community, within the nursery bubble, had tested positive for COVID-19. However, the nursery was not on Wednesday’s list.
North East Lincolnshire Council
Tollbar Academy (New Waltham, Grimsby) and Pilgrim Academy (Immingham) both recently confirmed cases of coronavirus.
However, more recent data was not available by the time of publication regarding the exact number of schools currently with cases in North East Lincolnshire.
The last data provided by North East Lincolnshire Council on November 2 stated that at the time it was working with 21 suspected or confirmed cases in education settings in the area.
North Lincolnshire
There have been at least seven schools with publicly confirmed cases in North Lincolnshire since term restarted.
However, the official number of schools currently with cases has not been disclosed. North Lincolnshire Council said it will not provide any data regarding schools in the region with coronavirus cases.
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North East Lincolnshire’s proposed budget which will see council tax rise has come a step closer after being passed by cabinet.
The draft contains a 1.98% rise in council tax and 1% rise in adult social care precept.
The budget would see £131.6million spent across public services in the next financial year.
Cabinet passed the budget on Wednesday, and the public still have chance to have their say on it before it goes to the full council in February.
Councillors said they would have liked to avoid a tax increase, but pressures from the pandemic and social care and child services meant that it was unavoidable.
Councillor Stan Shreeve, Deputy Leader and portfolio holder for finance and resources, said: “When we started this process, we did a lot of work to try to avoid any increase to council tax. We know that many in our area have had a difficult few years due to the pandemic, and we don’t want to add to that burden.
“This budget will ensure that the services that we all use will be properly funded, whilst support remains for those that are struggling and there is investment to encourage more people to move to the area and for businesses to thrive.
“Our biggest challenges without a doubt are the funding of adult social care and children’s services. These are our biggest priorities.
“People can still have their say on the budget. The public consultation is open until January 27, 2022. We really do welcome feedback and input from residents – this has to be a budget that works for them and provides them with the services that they need.”
The draft budget will next go to formal scrutiny panel.
Residents can have their say on the proposals on the council website, or can get a paper copy of the consultation by calling 01472 324380 or emailing [email protected].
Dozens of women have suffered at the hands of abusers for more than a decade.
A report into domestic violence found that some were at the mercy of partners or other people they lived with for years.
Figures from North East Lincolnshire’s Women’s Aid says 93 victims reported that the abuse had been going on for 11 to 20 years.
Twelve victims said it had lasted more than 20 years.
The report to North East Lincolnshire’s Communities Scrutiny Panel committee highlights the challenge in encouraging people to come forward sooner.
According to national research, it takes on average between two and three years before a victim seeks support.
There were 5355 incidents of domestic abuse reported to Humberside Police in 2020/21.
The number of cases has risen for the past few years as victims have increasingly felt confident to go to the police.
However, they plateaued during last year’s coronavirus lockdowns, despite experts believing the amount of violence actually went up.
Due to victims’ circumstances, not all reports of domestic violence are logged as crimes.
Humberside Police are now recording a greater proportion of incidents as crimes than ever, with 64% in 2020/21 compared to just 29% six years previously.
However, hundreds of children are still living in households where domestic abuse takes place.
The latest data states there are 877 children living with abuse victims in North East Lincolnshire.
The report sets out how the council will continue to tackle domestic abuse in the borough.
It claims there has been “significant progress” made to support victims of domestic abuse and their families, with extra government funding made available, but says it remains a challenge for North East Lincolnshire.
It will be discussed at the Communities Scrutiny Panel on January 31.
An antisemitism campaign group has said it is pleased the Court of Appeal decided to reverse the “alarming joke of a sentence” given to Lincoln man Ben John, convicted of far right terror offences.
Ben John, 22, of Addison Drive in Lincoln, was found guilty of one count of having in his possession a record of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism in August last year at Leicester Crown Court.
He was initially handed a two-year suspended sentence by the judge, and ordered to read classic English literature such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens novels instead.
John was convicted after the court heard how he became a part of the Extreme Right Wing online, a group with views encompassing racism, extreme fascism and Neo Nazism.
Forensic investigators also found he had downloaded a radical publication called the Anarchist Cookbook 2000, which contains instructions on how to make an explosive device.
More than 67,000 documents containing a wealth of white supremacist and anti-semitic content were also found when police searched his home, with a hard drive stuffed inside a sock in Ben John’s bedroom.
The sentencing was criticised widely across the nation, and activist group Hope Not Hate issued an open letter to the Attorney General to call for a review.
We have sent a letter to the Attorney General's office asking for a review of the obscenely lenient sentencing of Ben John and the message it sends to other far right extremists.
The letter seemingly worked, as the Court of Appeal was referred to look into the case under the unduly lenient sentencing scheme.
At a review hearing following this referral, the judge quizzed Ben John on his reading of literature, and said he was “encouraged” by his progress, but that didn’t stop the Court of Appeal ultimately reversing his decision.
John was ordered to serve two years in prison by the Court of Appeal, with a further year on extended license; a far cry from the original suspended sentence he was given.
Responding to the sentence, activist group Campaign Against Antisemitism said the original sentence was an “alarming joke” and the British public can “sleep safer” knowing he is behind bars.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “We know from hard experience that sometimes it takes time to get justice, but BenJohn has today finally received an appropriate custodial sentence.
“The Attorney General was absolutely right to ask the Court of Appeal to review the pathetic original sentence. It was inexplicable that a man who collected nearly 70,000 neo-Nazi and terror-related documents could entirely avoid prison for crimes that carry a maximum jail term of fifteen years.
“Instead, BenJohn left court with a mere suspended sentence and some English homework.
“The British public can sleep safer tonight knowing that the Court of Appeal has shown sense, rectified the alarming joke of a sentence originally handed down to Mr John, and jailed a dangerous individual.”
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