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Despite spending two months in hospital with Long Covid, Elise Edwards was able to attend all of her GCSE lessons – thanks to a robot.

When Elise tested positive for Covid-19 with zero symptoms, she could not have imagined what was to happen next.

Within ten days of discovering she was positive but asymptomatic, she began to suffer bad stomach pains and heart issues, including a high heart rate and fainting episodes.

She is now fed through a tube and is uncertain what the future holds.

Despite spending eight weeks in hospital undergoing tests, an AV1 robot was able to attend all of her lessons in her place.

Elise, from Little Canfield, simply logged in to the robot from her hospital bed to virtually sit alongside her classmates.

Today, she collected a Grade 7, five Grade 6 and one Grade 5 in her GCSEs.

She said: “I have got long Covid.

“My mum had Covid in December 2021 and so I tested, even though I was completely fine and had no symptoms at first. It took more than a year for doctors to realise my symptoms were related to Covid-19.

“The school has been really good; really supportive. I had a robot which meant I could be in all of my lessons. The school arranged that for me. It was amazing.

“I am really happy with my GCSE results, considering what I have been through. I could not have done it without the school’s support.

“My condition now is unknown and it is a case of wait and see. It is a bit scary, but there is nothing I can do about it.

“It feels good to be able to focus on what is happening next now I have my GCSE results.”

Elise will study biology, psychology and chemistry at sixth form.