A further three schools have positive cases of coronavirus on Monday. The county council said on November 30 that it is working with 142 schools with COVID-19 infections.
Mrs Mary King’s Primary School in Martin is the latest school to be added and is currently listed as closed. Two schools, which are not yet on the council’s list, have also confirmed cases.
Mr Nichols, who is the Headteacher at Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School in Lincoln, said: “We can confirm that the school is open as normal. This is a single case, our first case so far.
“We can confirm the pupil is in one of our Reception classes. That class is now isolating. We are following all guidance from the Health Protection Team in Lincolnshire.”
Skegness Junior Academy also confirmed a case of COVID-19 within its school and said it acted immediately and worked closely alongside Public Health England and the local health authority “to ensure the necessary steps and precautions were taken”.
A spokesperson for the academy said: “As a result, one of our bubbles is now self-isolating as a precautionary measure. Our contact tracing and robust health, safety and hygiene measures, including our bubble system, together with our close partnership with the relevant authorities, have allowed us to effectively respond to this case and ensure the school continues to be safe for all other pupils and staff.”
Meanwhile, The John Fielding School in Boston was already on the list, but is now listed as closed.
John Spendluffe Technology College in Alford remains on the list, but is now listed as open.
The schools currently listed as closed are Alford Primary School, Holton Le Clay Pre-School, South View Community Primary School (Crowland), Newton on Trent Primary School (Lincoln), Greenfields Academy (Grantham), Harlaxton Primary School (Grantham), The John Fielding School (Boston), and Mrs Mary King’s Primary School (Martin).
The county council also confirmed that no schools have been removed from the list since Friday’s update.
Andy Fox, consultant in public health, said: “As of this Monday, Lincolnshire’s Health Protection Team is currently working with 142 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 (new in bold at the top):
Mrs Mary King’s Primary School, Martin (closed)
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School, Lincoln
Skegness Junior Academy
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 Deeping 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
William Alvey School, Sleaford
Bourne Grammar School
Spalding Academy
Tedder County Primary School, Ashby de la Launde
Alford Primary School (closed)
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
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
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
William Lovell CofE Academy, Stickney
John Spendluffe Technology College, Alford
Walton Academy, Grantham
St Faith and St Martin Junior School, Lincoln
Market Deeping 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
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
Cranwell Primary School
Gonerby Hill Foot Primary School, Grantham
Billingborough Primary School
Holton Le Clay Junior School
Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School
Stamford College
Community Learning in Partnership, Market Rasen
Long Sutton County Primary School
St Gilbert’s Primary School, Stamford
Stamford Welland Academy
Boston Grammar School
Wygate Park Academy, Spalding
Waddington All Saints Academy
Lincoln Castle Academy
Potterhanworth Primary School
Priory Pembroke Academy, Cherry Willingham
St Andrew’s Primary School, Woodhall Spa
Boston St Mary’s Primary Academy
Corringham Primary School
The John Fielding School, Boston (closed)
Lincoln Carlton Academy
Nettleham Infants and Nursery School
Carlton Road Academy, Boston
Hawthorn Tree School, Boston
Huntingtower Academy, Grantham
Sutterton Fourfields Academy, Boston
Sutton on Sea Primary School
Tetney Primary School
The National Junior School, Grantham
Harlaxton Primary School, Grantham (closed)
Dunholme St Chads Primary School, Lincoln
St George’s Primary School, Stamford
Haven High Academy, Boston
Bishop King Primary School, Lincoln
Barnes Wallis Academy, Tattershall
Wrangle Primary School, Boston
Skegness TEC
The John Harrox Primary School, Spalding
St John the Baptist Primary School, Spalding
Little Gonerby Infant School, Grantham
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Eighty nine Officer Cadets from the Royal Air Forces’ Officer Training Academy graduated from RAF College Cranwell on Thursday.
The graduation of The Queen’s Squadron consisted of officers from Modular Initial Officer Training Course No 3 and Reserve Officer Initial Training Course No 65 from Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
RAF College Cranwell has a long and distinguished history dating back to its foundations as a Royal Navy Training Establishment in 1916.
The graduation ceremony was held at RAF College Cranwell on May 6, 2021. | Photo: Gordy Elias/MOD 2021 Crown Copyright
A proud moment for the Officer Cadets. | Photo: Gordy Elias/MOD 2021 Crown Copyright
It was the world’s first Air Academy and today continues to select and train the next generation of officers and aircrew.
Air Officer Commanding 22 Group, Air Vice Marshal Richard Maddison, was the Reviewing Officer at the graduation ceremony on May 6.
Graduating Officers on College Hall Parade Square. | Photo: Gordy Elias/MOD 2021 Crown Copyright
Air Vice-Marshal Maddison and parade execs. | Photo: Gordy Elias/MOD 2021 Crown Copyright
He said: “It is an honour to be back at Cranwell as a Reviewing Officer for the graduation of the third Modularised Initial Officer Training Course and the sixty-fifth Reserve Officer Initial Training Course.
“This course has overcome many challenges, not least in continuing training during this global pandemic, in order to remain able to meet the future needs of the Royal Air Force.
“I am delighted that the students and staff have continued to rise to the task and I should like to congratulate them all as they continue on their own journeys.”
Officer Cadets during their graduation parade at RAF College Cranwell. | Photo: Gordy Elias/MOD 2021 Crown Copyright
Eighty nine Officer Cadets graduated at the ceremony on May 6. | Photo: Gordy Elias/MOD 2021 Crown Copyright
He added: “While it was 1988 when I stood on this parade square for my own graduation, I remember it vividly and with enormous pride.
“It marked not only a personal achievement for all present on that day, including families and staff, but also the start of the next phase of an exciting journey for those of us that graduated.
A legal firm which has been in Lincoln for nearly four decades has relocated to a new premises on the High Street.
McNeil & Co Solicitors agreed an eight-year lease with property development firm Taylor Lindsey for the upper of 142 High Street and the ground floor of neighbouring 141, as well as on-site parking. The company opened for business at the new premises on April 28.
The move saw the firm leave their base on West Parade, and close its Gainsborough premises, which had both been operating since the 1980s. The Lincoln and Gainsborough staff are now all under one roof.
The business undertakes all areas of criminal law from the police station through to the Supreme Court, as well as covering family law, divorce, care proceedings, wills, trusts and conveyancing. They are looking to expand into employment and civil law later this year.
Principal Mark McNeil told The Lincolnite that thousands of High Street solicitors are closing on a daily basis across the UK, according to the Law Society Gazette, but he is happy that his firm remains available for clients and to serve the local community.
Inside McNeil & Co’s new offices. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
He said: “Now we’re very close to Magistrates Court, literally 200 yards away, it enables access for everybody who hasn’t got a solicitor on the day to come over to see us.
“Also, with the parking it makes it viable for people with disabilities. Lincoln is notoriously hard to find parking and if you can find parking it’s expensive, and why should people attending court have to cover those costs.
“This has been made possible through the sensible deal with Taylor Lindsey and we are looking forward to a bright future.”
McNeil & Co Solicitors is located at 141 and 142 High Street in Lincoln. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The firm’s old office on West Parade.
The firm was first established by as Andrew Jay Solicitors in 1984 by Andrew Jay. He sold the company to Philip Hanby in 2009, who kept the business name.
After Philip’s death in November 2019, Mark McNeil took over managing the practice Michele Hanby, who remains as a director and plays a key role in the operations of the business.
Mark purchased the business in October 2020 before the firm changed name to McNeil & Co Solicitors in March this year.
Adrian Bower (left), Estates Manager at Taylor Lindsey, with Mark McNeil (right), Principal at McNeil & Co Solicitors. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Adrian Bower, Estates Manager at Taylor Lindsey, said: “It was pleasing to see an expanding firm into the High Street. We have been very pleased with the way our occupiers have performed on mass, both in the office and retail sectors particularly, which have been hardest hit through the pandemic.”
All people under the age of 40 will be offered an alternative COVID-19 vaccination to the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab after fears that young people could get rare blood clots.
The move is a precautionary one after evidence of young people suffering from blood clots once they were given the AstraZeneca jab increased.
In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency received 242 reports of blood clots up to April 28, all from people who had been given the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Around 28.5 million doses of the jab have been given, and the MHRA insist that the vaccine “outweighs the risks for the vast majority of adults”.
However, the balance is believed to be harder to judge among young and healthy people as yet.
The MHRA has already advised that under-30s are offered the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine instead, but this cohort is expected to rise to under 40s.
A government source is insisting that this change will not affect the UK’s vaccination rollout progression, according to The Independent.
The latest figures show that some 443,360 Lincolnshire residents have received their first vaccine dose (70%) and 191,346 have been given their second (30%).
Of those over the age of 45, a total of 365,828 have received their first vaccination and another 168,943 have had their second.
Some 77,532 people aged under 45 received their first dose, with a further 22,403 receiving a second jab so far. This includes those aged between 16 to 64 who are clinically vulnerable and at more risk of serious symptoms of coronavirus.
Office for National Statistics estimates put the total adult (16+) Lincolnshire population at 629,926, meaning that around 70.38% of residents have now received their first jab and 30.37% their second.
In North Lincolnshire, a total of 143,459 (47,259 second doses) vaccines have been distributed and 117,722 (33,302 second doses) have received a jab in North East Lincolnshire.
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