DFE email drop - the highlights as I understand them:
- Masks return in the classroom for Year 7 upwards until Jan 26th when it’ll be reviewed
- Jan exams to go ahead
- Twice weekly LFD testing to continue for students and staff in secondary results reported to NHS and setting
- Ofsted visits to continue after the first week back BUT settings encouraged to defer if significant staff absences due to covid
- self isolation period for students to be as it is for adults (shortened to 7 days of negative LFT day 6 and 7)
- close contacts to LFT for 7 days
- vulnerable children update to include those previously known to social care, and to include those with concerns around parents
- a few more air cleaning units available to apply for
- educational setting status form to include absences
due to students being sent home for lack of staff
- KEY HEADLINE; students to receive face to face teaching by flexible use of any available staff, including combining classes etc. Remote learning to be live streaming with regular check ins on vulnerable students.
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