A handy new tool for parents allows them to view coronavirus hotspots near their child's schools.
An interactive map created by the National Education Union (NEU) allows users to type in their postcode or their school's postcode, click on a particular school and then view the number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in the area.
It tells you this information for the individual ward as well as the wider local authority area and even gives you a comparison so you can see whether the figures have fallen or risen compared to last week.
Schools in Bradford, and in particular in the Shearbridge and University ward, show a high number of COVID cases near schools with 146 cases per 100,000 people in Bradford as a whole and 150 per 100,000 in that particular ward.
Both of these figures increased from last week and the area is listed as a place of intervention in line with the Government's introduction of stricter lockdown measures in Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and most recently, Leeds.
In Huddersfield, there is still a warning over the number of COVID cases. The general COVID rate in Kirklees is 92 cases per 100,000 people, according to the map but some areas' rates are lower than the average for the district.
Rawthorpe and the surrounding local areas, for example, only has a rate of 56 cases per 100,000 people.
You can view the interactive map showing COVID cases near schools in Yorkshire here
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the NEU, said: "Everyone in the education sector has worked hard to make full opening of schools, colleges and universities as successful as possible this autumn, but they have been let down by the Government which hasn't even ensured that Covid testing has kept pace with need.
“The NEU School Covid Map presents up to date information on the Covid rate in every part of England. This website will support public health messaging everywhere.
"We believe it has the clearest information. We hope that it will encourage ongoing conversations about school safety, and how everyone can play their part.
“But this website will also encourage parents to support our asks of the Government that they help to support safety in our schools and colleges.
“We have written to the Prime Minister calling for much quicker testing for staff and students, Nightingale sites for smaller classes, guaranteed home working for vulnerable staff, and more funding for already strained schools and colleges to maintain Covid-security.
“Parents, students and staff also need urgent answers on next year’s exams, and how fit for purpose they will be. This is in light of not only the past summer’s fiasco, but also the disruption of local lockdowns in the months ahead.”
