Coronavirus Updates

Parents can book a Coronavirus test for their child via.

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How do I ask for a test?

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You can ask for a test online.

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We'll ask you:

• how you want to get the test – you may be able to choose between driving to a regional testing site or getting a home test kit

• for details such as your name, mobile phone number and address

Ask for a coronavirus test

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Help with asking for a test

If you're having problems getting a test, see answers to common questions about asking for a coronavirus test.

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Updated guidance for parents and carers on the closure of educational settings

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The guidance for parents and carers on the closure of educational settings has been updated with additional information on the support available for parents, online educational resources and support for vulnerable children.

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The guidance can be found here:

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• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers

May 2020

The Children’s Commissioner for England has issued a children’s guide to coronavirus.

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Please click here to view the Education Guidance Poster.

Guidance for parents and carers as schools and other education settings in England open to more children and young people can be found here:

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do

CV19 - Emotional Health Support for Children and Families (April 2020) 

• BE KIND 

• RING A FRIEND 

• CATCH UP ON WORK 

• EXERCISE 

• PLAY A GAME 

• COOK 

• WATCH A MOVIE 

• LEARN A NEW FACT 

• KEEP POSITIVE 

• KEEP SMILING 

For more advice view the CV19 document - Emotional Health Support for Children and Families (April 2020) here

Department for Education

New guidance for households with symptoms

The Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:

• if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started

• if you live with others and you or another member of the household have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill. It is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community

• for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14-day isolation period.

The symptoms are:

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• A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)

• A new, continuous cough

The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:​

gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance