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Nov 2020
All 285 students in year 11 at Harrogate Grammar School have been told to stay at home to self-isolate for two weeks.
The school contacted families yesterday after the number of infections gradually increased between Thursday and Sunday to eight.
Only pupils in close proximity to those who test positive should isolate.
But the school decided to put the whole year group into isolation when the number of cases rose to eight.
It comes at a difficult time for the students, who were preparing to take mock GCSE exams this week.
A school spokeswoman acknowledged the outbreak had occurred at a bad time but added "the safety of pupils and staff must come first".
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