Northern school ready to return after Covid outbreak

“The suspicion is actually that it came in from the holidays, not from the school itself,” he said.

“They were all together and I know there were barbecues and things, for example, where lots of kids were at.”

LJFS would “go back to masks in the corridors” and encourage social distancing in the period before it breaks up for the summer holidays early next month. 

According to new figures from the Office for National Statistics, Covid cases rose in England last week among those from school year 12 to age 34. But there were signs of a decrease among those in school years seven to 11.