Vaccinations

The follow up session for in-school vaccinations, for consenting students aged 12 to 15, took place on Friday 11th February. If you missed this, or you prefer to take your child for their vaccination (first or second), appointments can be booked online

or you can go to a walk in centre

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Everything Covid is a website designed by young people, for young people, to learn more about the vaccine, have their questions answered and to hear other young peoples views and stories.

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Why take part in Covid-19 testing

Asymptomatic testing helps to identify positive cases more quickly and break the chains of transmission. Taking part in testing is voluntary and all students will be able to attend Sewell Park whether they take part in testing or not.

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We strongly encourage all students to take part. Regular testing will allow students to attend school as safely as possible and ensure our wider community remains safer. The community has demonstrated a fantastic ability to support each other throughout the pandemic and we are confident this will continue into the next phase.

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Testing at home does not require written medical consent, as consent is given by completing the test. Please read the

Privacy Notice for home testing. By collecting and opening test at home kits, an individual gives medical consent and is legally committed to reporting their results via the NHS Test & Trace reporting system. 

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Taking the test at home

Students should take the test twice a week, on a Sunday and Wednesday afternoon or evening. Current test kits are for nasal swab only with a 15 minutes result time. Please see this presentation for more information on taking the test and recording the results.

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There is no need to keep used test equipment after the test result has been reported. You can put it in your normal bin (household waste).

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This does not replace symptomatic testing.

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If you have symptoms, you should self-isolate immediately, book a PCR test and follow national guidelines. A student with symptoms should not attend Sewell Park at this point.

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What should you do after the test?

A positive result needs to be reported as soon as possible to 

NHS Test & Trace and the current guidance for isolation followed.

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Please also report the positive result to Sewell Park Academy,

either by calling the office or via the Test Register website as detailed

below.

 

If the result of the test is unclear (void) you should do another test. 

 

Negative and void results should be reported to both NHS Test & Trace 

and Sewell Park Academy via the Test Register website as detailed below.

 

A negative result does not guarantee that you are not carrying the virus.

So, you should continue to follow social distancing, and other measures to

reduce transmission such as wearing a face mask and regularly washing

your hands and observing social distancing.

 

If you or anyone in your household gets symptoms of the virus you

should follow current national guidelines on self-isolation and testing.

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You need to report each test result on both Test Register and Gov.uk

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Reporting a test result

An email from Test Register (www.testregister.co.uk) will be sent to your child's school email address and to the parent email address held by the school. This is a simple system that can be accessed from a laptop or phone and will allow you to register each test result quickly.

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