Five schools in our area are confirmed to have told students or staff to self-isolate in line with coronavirus guidelines.

Hertsmere Jewish Primary School, Kings Langley Primary School, Hartsbourne Primary School and Rickmansworth School are all known to have told pupils to stay at home.

It is also known at Bushey Meads school that staff were told to self-isolate after two staff members tested positive for Covid-19.

Below is what you need to know about each school.

Rickmansworth School

Rickmansworth School in Croxley Green has said that it asked "a number of pupils to self-isolate before returning" after working closely with Public Health England.

A spokesperson from the school said: "I can confirm that following government guidelines and having worked closely with Public Health England we have asked a number of pupils from our school to self-isolate before returning.

"This is a scenario we have prepared for and unfortunate as it is, we always put the safety of our pupils and whole school community first. We cannot give any further details as all data is confidential but we hope all of our students remain safe and well and look forward to welcoming them back when we can."

A source has told the Watford Observer that a student at the school has tested positive for coronavirus.

Hartsbourne Primary School

Pupils at Hartsbourne Primary School in Bushey have been asked to self-isolate before returning to school.

The Watford Observer understands that the self-isolating pupils would mainly be from Year 2, after at least one child from that year group tested positive for Covid-19.

A spokesperson from the primary school said: “I can confirm that following government guidelines, and having worked closely with PHE (Public Health England), we have asked a number of pupils from our school to self-isolate before returning to school.

“This is a scenario we have prepared for and unfortunate as it is, we always put the safety of our pupils and whole school community first.

“We cannot give any further details as all data is confidential, but we hope all our students remain safe and well and look forward to welcoming them back when we can.”

Bushey Meads

Parents of Year 11 children at Bushey Meads were alerted over the weekend that a student had tested positive for Covid-19.

For now, it is not clear where the student may have contracted the virus.

Those said to be in close contact with the pupils affected are being told they will be sent work at home through Google Classroom.

Hertfordshire County Council last week confirmed that two teachers at Bushey Meads School were self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus.

Further staff members were also told to self-isolate as part of the track and trace protocol.

Hertsmere Jewish Primary School

It was confirmed last week by the Jewish Academy Trust that a “small number of pupils” at Hertsmere Jewish Primary School, near Radlett, have tested positive for the virus – and three classes have been isolated as a result.

The trust is linking the cases to “social events” that occurred before the school opened for the new term.

Kirsten Jowett, chief executive officer at the trust, said: “There have been a small number of positive cases of children at the school. These are linked to social events before the school opened.

“On Public Health England advice we have isolated three classes, due to contact with children that tested positive after returning to school. We have also sent parents correspondence on the situation from Public Health England."

She added that the trust is “disappointed” that some children are now having to learn from home.

She said: “We were all excited to be back at school. However, lessons will continue online. We hope parents will be vigilant in keeping to the national guidelines for social situations and that we can all get back to school as soon as possible.”

Kings Langley Primary School

Hertfordshire County Council confirmed that there has been a positive Covid-19 test of a year five student at Kings Langley Primary School - and that pupils in the year group have been sent home as a result.

The council said the year five bubble will be self-isolating for 14 days and the school is following the necessary health and safety procedures in accordance with government guidance.