Lateral Flow Home Testing Help, Consent & Reporting

Please ensure that you have read the following information letter and privacy statement.  To participate please Complete a consent to testing

Remember, store the test kit at room temperature – not in direct sunlight and not in a fridge or freezer. Keep the test kit away from children.

Once you have read the above information please see information on what to do next below:

For your child attending our school:

1. Complete a consent to testing
2. Doing the test easy read guide or Watch a video on how to do the test
3. Report a test result to school
4. Report your child's test result to the NHS Track & Trace
5. Self Isolation Guidance updated 11-01-22
6. Get a free PCR test to confirm a positive lateral flow test result

Reporting problems/issues with testing - if something is missing from your kit please report it by calling 119 and also tell us at school.  If you have an accident/injury while using the test please seek medical care by calling 111 (or 999 if it is an emergency.  Please also report it here to Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website 

For you and others in your family:

• Testing Kit Location Finder - Find your nearest Rapid Test Collection point - for people without symptoms
• Book a free PCR Test if you or anyone in your family are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms
• GOV.UK - Who is eligible for twice-weekly testing/how to get tested if you do not have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19). This guidance is for people without symptoms.
• GOV.UK - Step by step home test kit instructions - including in other languages and larger text

Lateral Flow Device Consent

All children taking part in the Lateral Flow Device Testing (LFT/LFD) should complete our online consent below - doing so also confirms that you have read and understood the SHS Testing in schools consent 12-03-21 document.  Alternatively you can download and complete the consent form below and email it to testinfo@shaftesbury.lancs.sch.

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