Woodhouse Grove School confirms pupil tested positive for coronavirus

The independent school, which is located in Apperley Bridge on the border of Leeds and Bradford, was notified about the positive Covid-19 test on Wednesday, September 9.

A spokeswoman for the school that the year group bubble has been collapsed while the school conducts contact tracing.

She said: "Yesterday evening the school was notified that a pupil had tested positive for COVID-19.

"Following advice from Public Health England’s Local Health Protection Team, the Year Group bubble has been collapsed whilst the school conducts the necessary contact tracing.

"The school has no further comment at this time."

The government has advised schools to separate pupils into bubbles to reduce contact and limit the transmission of coronavirus.

In secondary schools, the government advice is to separate the bubbles into year groups in order to "enable schools to deliver the full range of curriculum subjects and students to receive specialist teaching."

This means there is no mixing between the year groups in classrooms, corridors and other open areas.

It also allows schools to easily identify those who may need to self-isolate if someone within the bubble tests positive for the virus

This means if a pupil tests positive in one bubble, only that bubble will need to isolate and not the other bubbles, limiting the impact on each year group.