The decision was announced by Public Health England (PHE) on Wednesday, January 20, and has been made due to the emergence of a new variant of the virus becoming “dominant” in the UK.
The government announced plans in December to introduce a widespread testing programme in schools, including the regular testing of staff and the introduction of daily contact testing for close contacts in secondary schools.
It meant that this month, the advice for secondary schools and colleges has been to conduct daily lateral flow tests with those pupils and staff who have been in close contact with a positive case instead of enforcing self-isolation.
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