Today (Mon 28 Jun), the Department for Education has published new guidelines for schools regarding arrangements for COVID testing pupils from September.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: “Once again secondary schools are being put on standby to set up what are effectively fully-fledged COVID testing centres. The government must not underestimate the scale of this task and the likely disruption for pupils as they return in September.

"At the very least, what we need to see this time round is schools being given the proper support they need and an acceptance that this will take some time to work through. It is becoming increasingly clear that there is a strong chance it will not be ‘business as usual’ for schools next term and the government will need to take into account the additional pressures they will be having to deal with.”