The ESFA has asked FE providers to remind their students and staff of the importance of reporting all Covid tests results, whether positive, negative or void, to NHS Test and Trace and to their setting. Colleges can now access a new template form for students and staff to report test results. Tests should also be reported online through the report a COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test result page. It has also asked providers to share with their students that 16- and 17-year-olds can now book their COVID-19 booster jab appointment online. It has also issued a reminder that from 1 April, all Health and Social Care students aged 18 and over who wish to undertake a placement in any CQC registered setting will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 – guidance available here.
