A HIGHBRIDGE school is making scrubs to help NHS workers who are working on the frontline to fight Covid-19.

Schools in The Priory Learning Trust (TPLT) have already made thousands of masks for health workers across the region with the help of donating local businesses.

Now, thanks to the generosity of local residents, Caroline Bullock and Tina Burrowa, teachers from The King Alfred School Academy and Worle Community School Academy are making scrubs for NHS workers to help in the fight against coronavirus.

The two teachers organised a dedicated team of staff and other volunteers who got to work straight away with their their sewing machines.

They wanted to help the battle against coronavirus and were aware of the shortage of PPE so they ordered a roll of new fabric online through Amazon.

The donor said "We are very aware of the wonderful work that the staff do and wanted to help in any way we can.

“Having to stay indoors while so many people need help has been very difficult for us. We heard that staff were making scrubs and running low on fabric so we ordered as much as we could."

Students aged 11 to 14 and staff have been making hundreds of face masks every day for weeks at Priory Community School Academy (PCSA), Worle Community School Academy and The King Alfred School Academy (TKASA).

They are being given to local doctors at Weston General Hospital, Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, and the Children’s Hospice South West.

Neville Coles executive principal of TPLT said: “This is tremendous news. Our students and staff, together with people and businesses in the community, have responded quickly and swiftly to help the NHS in any way they can.”