But the school said this was only down to an “intense” undertaking from its Covid testing team.
The majority of secondary schools have started with a phased return this week, but not so the Ledbury high school, where staff and volunteers went more than the extra mile last week, with early mass Covid testing, to ensure full classrooms from the off.
Andy Collard deputy headmaster said: “It's been intense and a huge amount of time to prepare but we were determined to make sure that all students could come back on Monday!
“I hear that around 75 per cent of secondary schools are having phased returns, but thanks to the incredible work of our testing team and phenomenal support from parents and carers, we've managed to complete the first phase of testing and we've moved onto the second phase now.”