A further nine Lincolnshire schools have positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday.
Lincolnshire County Council said on Thursday, November 19 that it is working with 109 schools and 10 nurseries with COVID-19 infections.
The latest Lincolnshire schools added to the council’s list are Springwell Alternative Academy (Spalding), Somercotes Academy (North Somercotes), Boston Pioneers Academy, Chapel St Leonards Primary School, Church Lane Primary School (Sleaford), Community Learning in Partnership (Gainsborough), Hogsthorpe Primary Academy, Spalding Grammar School and Great Steeping Primary School (Spilsby), with the latter listed as closed.
Boston Grammar School, which is not yet on the council’s list, reportedly sent an entire year group home from school after a confirmed case of coronavirus.
Students in Year 10 were asked to self-isolate until Monday, November 30. The school were contacted a number of times and there was no reply by the time of publication.
Louth Academy was already on the list due to two staff previously testing positive, but it announced on November 19 that a Year 8 student has now tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in 13 students being asked to self-isolate for 14 days as a precaution.
The Academy is understood to be the only secondary school in Louth that continues to offer full-time education to students at the moment.
Meanwhile, the schools currently listed as closed are Great Steeping Primary School (Spilsby), 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 Thursday, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 109 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):
Springwell Alternative Academy, Spalding
Somercotes Academy, North Somercotes
Boston Pioneers Academy
Chapel St Leonards Primary School
Church Lane Primary School, Sleaford
Community Learning in Partnership, Gainsborough
Hogsthorpe Primary Academy
Spalding Grammar School
Great Steeping Primary School (closed)
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
St Anne’s Primary School, Grantham
Cranwell Primary School
Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School, Grantham
Billingborough Primary School
Holton Le Clay Junior School
The county council confirmed on Thursday that no school cases have been closed by Public Health England since the last update.
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 Thursday’s list.
North East Lincolnshire Council
More recent data is not yet available 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. On November 10 the council had notification of three more schools with suspected cases.
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire Council said it will not provide any data regarding schools in the region with coronavirus cases.
There have been at least seven schools with publicly confirmed cases since term restarted.
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Plans to build new “modern” homes on land next to Lincoln’s iconic Strelizia home on Michaelgate will be approved next week.
City of Lincoln Council’s planning committee will be asked to give permission to John O’Donohue and Tom Gumbrell’s plans to build “unique, bespoke dwellings” on land to the rear of 10 Steep Hill on Wednesday.
The site currently includes two derelict, single-storey, brick garages which will be demolished as part of the build, while the rest of the site has been used by residents for parking.
Recommending approval, officers said: “The development of the two houses will change the appearance of this part of the City but the designs have been developed in such a way that it is considered that the change that would result would not be harmful to the area, to the heritage assets in the area and would not be unacceptable to the amenity of the neighbouring residents.”
The developers have described an initial building to the west of the site as “contemporary but using recognisable material” while another to the East will be “a more traditional form building intended to be viewed as a discrete subservient outbuilding building linked to 10 Steep Hill”.
Nearly 30 neighbours have commented on the plans, with objectors raising concerns over the appearance of the building and its impact on the historic area of Lincoln.
Plans showing how the elevations would look.
One said it was an “ugly square block”, while another said it would “blight the visual effect of what is one of the most attractive conservation areas in our City”.
However, the owner of the nearby Strelitzia – another modern building with a design unique to the area – David Lewis has supported the plans saying they will enhance the area.”
Those in support of the plans note the building is often used for anti-social behaviour.
One nearby resident said the garages on the site had “been an eyesore” for more than 30 years and that a new residence would “only enhance the area”
“Architecture representing centuries can be seen on Steep Hill and Michaelgate which makes the area attractive and fascinating to residents and visitors alike. It is good to see that the 21st century is also being represented,” they said.
Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has come under scrutiny for retweeting a post from a political group that champions fascism, which he has now removed.
Mr McCartney shared a tweet from New British Union West Midlands to his profile which criticised the media for their coverage of the petrol panic buying across the country.
The tweet was a screenshot from Whartons Shell Garage, which said that they are not short of fuel and it is in fact a case of everyone panicking by listening to the media, with NBU saying: “When a franchised fuel station really has to tell you to turn off your TV.”
Karl McCartney retweeted the NBU post on his page on Monday evening, but has since removed it.
The retweet from Lincoln’s MP has since been deleted from his timeline, after many pointed out what the New British Union stands for.
The NBU, formed in 2013, is a revival of Sir Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, run by former Britain First and Scottish BNP leader Gary Raikes.
According to the NBU’s website, the group calls for “a new machine, a new nation and a new union” and demands that British people aren’t replaced by “a population that will destroy all our ancestors fought to uphold.”
Pictures on the NBU website show an alarming similarity to that of the Nazi Party, and leader Gary Raikes says on one of their pages: “A British child born at the start of the 21st century is likely to enter their years of retirement as a member of the British ethnic minority. The question is: what are you going to do about it?”
The NBU claims that Britain is in “demographic decline” due to “foreign immigration”. | Photo: New British Union website
The Lincolnite questioned Lincoln’s MP on this retweet, asking whether it was wise to broadcast the views of a political group as divisive and controversial as the New British Union.
In a statement of reply, Mr McCartney said: “Of course, I disagree wholeheartedly with what NBU West Midlands stand for. The post by Whartons Garage was what caught my notice. The retweet has since been deleted.”
McCartney came under intense scrutiny for his retweeting of the fascist group, with former Lincoln Labour MP Karen Lee calling it “unacceptable”.
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