--- title: "Riverside Students and Staff Selected to Participate in COVID Antibody Testing" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2021-03-02-riverside-students-and-staff-selected-to-participate-in-covid-antibody-testing" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Riverside Students and Staff Selected to Participate in COVID Antibody Testing ![Image of Riverside Students and Staff Selected to Participate in COVID Antibody Testing](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/89.jpg) 2 March 2021 ### **Schools Infection Survey** As a school, we are joining a national survey run by Public Health England together with the ONS to help researchers understand how COVID has spread in school-age children and school staff across the country. Student and staff participation in the survey is completely voluntary and involves a similar COVID test to those students are already having in school along with an antibody test to determine if the student has previously had COVID. We would encourage as many parents as possible to sign their child up (year 11 are unfortunately excluded from the study) via this [link](https://www.oc-meridian.com/Desktop/Portal/signup?id=cisschools&referalcode=139791) More information is available [here](http://www.riversidecampus.com/secondary/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Letter-to-Parents-online-Riverside-School.pdf) [ How GCSEs, AS and A-Levels will be awarded in summer 2021](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2021-02-26-how-gcses-as-and-a-levels-will-be-awarded-in-summer-2021) [Student Self-Testing at Home ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2021-03-17-student-self-testing-at-home) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)