Coronavirus: Positive test at Coalville school

Boris Johnson visited the Leicestershire secondary as schools reopened for the summer term

A number of classes and tutor groups at a secondary school have been told to stay home after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19.

The Castle Rock School in Coalville, Leicestershire, said it was a "precautionary measure".

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the school on 26 August as it and others across the county reopened.

The school - which said it found out about the positive result on Sunday evening - said safety was "paramount".

Julia Patrick, chief executive of the Apollo Partnership Trust, said it had advised students who had been in contact with the staff member to self-isolate for 14 days as "a precautionary measure" following advice from Public Health England and the government.

"We have informed the families of any students affected and are contacting each family personally during the course of the day," she said.

"Students who are self-isolating will be provided with work and we will continue to contact our students regularly during this period."

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Six tutor groups and two PE classes were told to stay at home on Monday and wait for the school to get in touch to say if they needed to continue to self-isolate or not.

During his visit, Mr Johnson told pupils at the school the biggest risk for young people was not Covid-19 - but was "continuing to be out of school".

His visit made waves on social media after an image of him in front of apparently mischievously placed books was widely shared.

The former librarian responsible told the BBC the titles were deliberately placed but were intended as a message for her ex-employers, not Mr Johnson.

Social media users speculated on the placement of the books visible behind the prime minister

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