Melbourne school shuts over COVID-19 as dozens close since Term 3 began

A school in Melbourne's outer south-east has closed after a student tested positive to coronavirus.

In a letter to parents, Gleneagles Secondary College principal Simon Sherlock said the school in Endeavour Hills would shut down from today for an initial 72 hours.

"The school will be closed to all students, staff and members of the community," Mr Sherlock said.

"DHHS has advised that all our students and staff are requested to remain at home while contact tracing occurs.

"We wish our student a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming them back to school once they have recovered."

The school will undergo a full risk assessment and extensive cleaning.

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Year 11 and 12 students would transition to remote learning on Friday until the school can reopen.

The closure comes as 29 other schools have shut since Term 3 commenced due to links to positive coronavirus cases.

The list includes:

- Dandenong High School, Dandenong

- Leibler Yavneh College, Elsternwick

- Overport Primary School, Frankston

- Canterbury Girl's Secondary College, Canterbury

- Kew High School, Kew

- Roberts McCubbin Primary School, Box Hill South

- Charles La Trobe, Macleod West

- Diamond Valley College, Diamond Creek

- Epping Secondary College, Epping

- Fitzroy High School, Fitzroy

- Gladstone Park Secondary College, Gladstone Park

- Macleod College, Macleod

- Moomba Primary School, Fawkner

- Newbury Primary School, Craigieburn

- Northcote High School, Northcote

- Northern College of Arts and Technology (NCAT), Preston

- Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Oak Park

- Princes Hill Secondary College, Princes Hill

- Roxburgh College, Roxburgh Park

- Al Taqwa College, Truganina

- Clonard Secondary College, Geelong West

- Footscray Primary School and OSHC, Footscray

- Footscray West Primary School, Footscray West

- Manor Lakes P-12 College, Wyndham Vale

- Parkville College (Malmsbury Campus), Parkville

- Tarneit Senior College, Tarneit

- Trinity College, Colac

- Victorian College of the Arts, Albert Park

- Al Siraat College, Epping

The Victorian government has maintained that schools are safe for VCE and VCAL students to attend, despite the state's rising coronavirus figures.

Victoria recorded its highest ever COVID-19 infection total yesterday, with 484 cases of coronavirus.