Pupils get Covid-19 tests ahead of schools reopening on March 8.
Students at Harris Academy in south London are excited to return and are happy to put up with regular COVID-19 testing if it means an end to homeschooling and a chance to see friends again.
Schools have been shut for most students during England's third national lockdown which began on January 5, but are set to reopen on Monday.
"(I'm) looking forward to the interaction with both pupils and staff and also its easier to learn in school," student Tom Adams, 15, said on Friday (March 5), as he returned to school to be tested ahead of the reopening next week. "I find it's harder at home."
The students will take three tests, three to five days apart at the school before moving to home testing, and they can return to school after the first test if it is negative.
The government then plans to send home test kits to use twice weekly at home.
Although the rapid COVID-19 test kits are less reliable than PCR tests, which must be read in a lab, they produce more false negatives than positives, meaning if someone returns a positive test result, it is likely to be accurate.
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