Schools: Coronavirus

(asked on 19th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the number of school staff hours used on covid-19 contact tracing.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 27th November 2020

The Department does not collect data on the number of staff hours spent on contact tracing in schools.

Schools can contact the dedicated advice service as soon as they become aware that someone who has attended school has tested positive for COVID-19. If, following triage, further expert advice is required, the adviser will escalate the school’s call to the Public Health England (PHE) local health protection team.

The advice service (or PHE local health protection team if escalated) will provide advice on who must be sent home. To support them in doing so, the Department recommends schools keep a record of pupils and staff in each group, and any close contact that takes places between children and staff in different groups.

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