King William’s College and The Buchan School have announced they will be moving all of their teaching online from Monday.

Pupils will no longer be required to come on to the school site but instead they will carry on with their studies through a number of online platforms.

Term will continue until Friday March 27 when the College will break up as normal for the Easter holiday.

Principal of the college Joss Buchanan said: ’The safety of our community, both pupils and staff, is our absolute priority and with more and more members of the school having to go into self-isolation, this is the best way to support the pupils as they continue with their education.

’We have been planning for this eventuality over the last couple of weeks and I am very grateful to my colleagues for all the hard work that has gone into making this possible.’

Students at the private school who do not live in the island will be leaving in the coming days to return home where they will be able to continue their education online.