LIFE-SAVING learners at Bromsgrove School have been manufacturing face shields to help the frontline battle against coronavirus.

Headmaster Peter Clague, a number of boarding pupils and residential staff are all living in one household on the school campus while the government lockdown restrictions continue.

But rather than put their feet up, the group is aiding under-pressure National Health Service staff by producing protection equipment that can be used by hospital workers treating patients with the deadly virus.

The face shields are being produced to an approved design in the school's design and technology department.

Former pupil Cllr Aled Luckman collected the first batch of shields for distribution and they are now in use on Ward 6 of the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, where Aled’s sister and former Bromsgrove Head Girl is a junior doctor in cardiology.

More of Bromsgrove’s face shields are now being used to help protect staff at Russells Hall Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) in Dudley.

In addition, 290 pairs of goggles from various departments across the school have been delivered to County Hall for distribution wherever they are needed.

The school is continuing to produce the shields, which upon completion will be sent to protect staff at hospitals and healthcare facilities across the Midlands.

Locally, Worcester Royal Hospital, Worcester Acute Care, ICU Worcester/Redditch and the X-Ray Dept at Worcester are among the institutions that will benefit.

Further afield, the shields will also be used at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, Birmingham Children's Hospital and the Emergency Department at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital.

They will also be distributed to other healthcare facilities such as Stourport Pharmacy, Wyre Forest GPs, Winyates Health Centre, Burcot Nursing Home, Dudley GPs and local care home agencies.

Headmaster Mr Clague wished to thank the school's head of design and technology Mr Matthews for designing and making all of the parts ready for assembly.

Mr Clague added: “We are proud to support the NHS, key workers and everyone working on the frontline through this pandemic."