SENIOR pupils at Oswestry School will be taught online for the next six days after positive Covid-19 results were registered.

It is believed that nine cases have been registered by pupils at the school, but headteacher Julian Noad the results were inevitable after more than a month of schooling.

The school's junior school – Bellan House – will continue to welcome pupils but all others' education has been moved online.

A statement published at 4pm on Saturday said: "There have been identified Covid cases and these are being carefully managed.

"Oswestry School is continuing education for all of its pupils.

"Bellan House pupils will continue to attend school as normal. All senior school pupils are being taught online for six days to provide a 10-day 'circuit breaker'.

"Our online provision is excellent and we are confident that academic progress will be unhindered."

Mr Noad added: "No school works in isolation, it is intrinsically connected to its wider community.

"After five weeks at school, this development comes as no great surprise; it was always inevitable that, despite stringent control measures, the virus would be seen at some stage within our community.

"We had contingency plans in place and PHE and Shropshire Council have supported our actions throughout. We look forward to quickly returning to school for our full and rich educational experience.

"In the meantime, we will switch, without missing a heartbeat, to our excellent online provision. We saw in the earlier lockdown that Oswestry School pupils thrived in their virtual learning experience.

"I am delighted to report that those identified as positive are seeing no significant ill effects and are recovering well. They can look forward to returning to a rich programme of school life very soon."