Research and analysis

University of Bristol and University of Exeter: Impact of opening schools on the effective reproduction number – analysis of the Social Contact Survey, 30 April 2020

Paper prepared by the University of Bristol and University of Exeter.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 8 April 2022

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University of Bristol and University of Exeter: The impact of opening schools on the effective reproduction number: Analysis of the Social Contact Survey, 30 April 2020

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Paper by academics from the University of Bristol and University of Exeter on scenarios for relaxing school closures. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 30 and SAGE 31 on 30 April and 1 May 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting.

This paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

This paper is an annex to a paper by the Interdisciplinary Task and Finish Group on the Role of Children in Transmission (TFC) from SAGEs 30/31, and should be read in that context. It should also be read alongside the other annexes informing modelling insights in the paper:

• PHE: Impact of gradual school reopening using POLYMOD contact data, 30 April 2020
• LSHTM and University of Cambridge: SPI-Kids report – evaluating the increase in transmission for different back-to-back school scenarios, 30 April 2020
• University of Cambridge: Estimating R for intermittent interventions, 29 April 2020
• University of Warwick: Impact of changes to school attendance, 28 April 2020

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 8 April 2022