Please remember you still need to social distance even though masks are no longer compulsory. 

Home LFD Covid Testing

Home testing for FE students will begin on Monday 22 March (tests can be collected from the LFD test centres, or Basildon Town Centre Campus reception, from Friday 19 March)

From 22 March testing centres will be open to issue home test kits and carry out tests for those unable to test from home between 9am and 1pm. 

For more information about the testing programme, visit www.southessex.ac.uk/covid19-testing

If  you have received a positive test result please let us know.

• Complete the online form (link at the bottom of the message) providing as much detail as possible including test date, isolation periods, expected return dates. Don’t skip boxes, please provide as much information as possible.

• Email your tutor as a courtesy and to say that you have completed the online form.  

If you display symptoms of COVID-19 you should follow government guidance and stay at home for at least 10 days from the date when the symptoms appeared. You should also arrange for a test to be carried out at the earliest opportunity. To book, visit www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or phone 119. 

Click for online absence form

Further updates will be posted on our website at www.southessex.ac.uk

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