{"id":6923,"date":"2021-03-18T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T10:47:09","slug":"covid-testing-triumph-thanks-to-top-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/covid-testing-triumph-thanks-to-top-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Testing Triumph Thanks to Top Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/covid-testing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/covid-testing.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/covid-testing-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>The BES testing team (left to right): Miss Minifie, Mrs Pardoe, Mrs Farmer, Mrs Hawkins, Mr Siddons, Miss Edwards and Miss Barrett<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today marked the final day of in-school Covid-19 testing, which has been hailed a success thanks to the hard work of Bridgnorth Endowed\u2019s highly efficient team of support staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since welcoming pupils back in a phased approach from 8 March, the team has conducted three rapid coronavirus tests on each consenting student to find no positive cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing has been a key strategy in getting pupils back into classrooms and the high consent rate at the school is testament to the overwhelming backing from parents and carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Leader, Mrs Underhill, commented: \u201cWe\u2019d like to thank our fantastic students, parents and staff for their much-needed support throughout this process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe testing regime is a crucial element in keeping us safe and everyone has pulled together to make sure it&#8217;s all gone as smoothly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Monday, students will carry out home tests on a twice weekly basis to help prevent the spread of the virus in school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marked the final day of in-school Covid-19 testing, which has been hailed a success thanks to the hard work of Bridgnorth Endowed\u2019s highly efficient team of support staff. Since welcoming pupils back in a phased approach from 8 March, the team has conducted three rapid coronavirus tests on each consenting student to find no &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/covid-testing-triumph-thanks-to-top-team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Covid Testing Triumph Thanks to Top Team&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,124],"class_list":["post-6923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school","tag-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}