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# Headteacher hails “huge team effort” in carrying out coronavirus testing at Lichfield school
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/headteacher-hails-huge-team-effort-in-carrying-out-coronavirus-testing-at-lichfield-school/
- Published: 2021-03-26T12:52:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-22T09:03:12.000Z
- Description: The headteacher of a Lichfield secondary school has spoken of his pride in how staff and pupils worked together to overcome the challenge of coronavirus testing with a “huge team effort”.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Education, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

The headteacher of a Lichfield secondary school has spoken of his pride in how staff and pupils worked together to overcome the challenge of coronavirus testing with a “huge team effort”.

Glyn Langston-Jones was speaking as staff at Nether Stowe wound down the testing procedures in the school’s dance studio.

![Glyn Langston-Jones](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/glj-ns-2.jpg)

Glyn Langston-Jones

He said the work of those involved had been “remarkable”.

> “We have been absolutely amazed by the testing – the children have been absolutely brilliant and the staff have been superb.  
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> “At its most efficient, our testing centre was doing a test per minute, which is remarkable.  
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> “It has been a huge team effort, involving the entire school community of staff, pupils and parents and I am proud of how we faced the challenge.  
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> “The children understood exactly what was need of them and the parents have been very understanding too.  
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> “The testing team were all volunteers, and they were testing, on most days, from 9am until 3pm – and they have just got on with it.”  
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> Glyn Langston-Jones, Nether Stowe School

After setting up the facility, children were brought out of lessons to queue up in alphabetical order before entering the testing centre at the school.

> “The process worked really well – the students were fantastic at grasping the idea really quickly and went into the testing process with real confidence.  
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> “I couldn’t ask for any better from them. “  
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> Glyn Langston-Jones, Nether Stowe School

With students now successfully using home testing kits, the school is keeping the facility in place to help those families who may need help doing the tests.

> “We will keep a small testing centre going, because while home testing has begun, some children will have challenges doing it at home.  
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> “Keeping facilities at the school means we will be able to support them, as well as offering any tests to members of staff that might need them.”  
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> Glyn Langston-Jones, Nether Stowe School