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Malware scare keeps schoolkids home for a second day
Great Marlow restricts network access while it investigates suspected infection
Great Marlow School in Buckinghamshire, England, has entered its second day of a shutdown following "a suspected malware incident."Only students sitting their GCSE and A-level exams – those in Years 11 and 13 – were permitted to attend on Wednesday, in line with their exam timetable, and the same goes for Thursday.Students in other years (Years 6-10 and Year 12) were told to stay at home and access what revision materials they can via Microsoft Teams as teachers are currently unable to set them any work.
Those scheduled to take internal mock exams, students in Years 10 and 12, will sit them later in the year. Some extracurricular activities, such as Year 7's learn-to-row session, have been rearranged, although the 7 and 8 athletics event will go ahead on Thursday as planned.
