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- All pupils are to return to school full-time in September, with schools implementing a range of measures set out in our guidance. These measures – endorsed by PHE – include regular hand washing, ensuring good respiratory hygiene, and minimising contact for example through asking children to stay within specified separate groups (or bubbles).
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Jun 19, 2020 · All pupils in all year groups in England will go back to school full-time in September, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced.
- Coronavirus: School safety plans will keep groups apart
The government has published its safety plans for England's...
- Coronavirus: School safety plans will keep groups apart
Aug 4, 2020 · All pupils are to return to school full-time in September, with schools implementing a range of measures set out in our guidance. These measures – endorsed by PHE – include regular hand...
Jul 2, 2020 · We have already seen more than 1.5 million children and young people return, but we must make sure all pupils can go back to school in September, giving them the opportunity to thrive and...
- Minimise The Risk of Coronavirus Transmission
- School Operations
- Curriculum, Behaviour and Pastoral Support
- Assessment and Accountability
- Contingency Planning For Outbreaks
Schools must: 1. Minimise contact with individuals who are unwell by ensuring those who have coronavirus symptoms, or who have someone in their household who does, do not attend school. 2. Ensure that pupils clean their hands regularly, including when they arrive at school and when they return from breaks. Supervise hand sanitiser use, given the ri...
Transport
The guidance says it may be necessary for schools to work with local authorities so that they can identify where it might be necessary to provide additional dedicated school transport services Pupils on dedicated school services should be grouped together on transport, and, where possible, this should reflect the “bubble groups” that are adopted within school. There should be use of hand sanitiser upon boarding and/or disembarking from buses, as well as additional cleaning of vehicles and org...
Attendance and fines
The guidance states: “In March, when the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak was increasing, we made clear no parent would be penalised or sanctioned for their child’s non-attendance at school. “Now the circumstances have changed” and parents may be issued sanctions from September, including fines. The guidance adds: “Shielding advice for all adults and children will pause on 1 August, subject to a continued decline in the rates of community transmission of coronavirus. This means that even the s...
School workforce
The guidanceallows for “extremely clinically vulnerable” teachers and other staff to return to school. It states that, following the reduction in the prevalence of the coronavirus and relaxation of shielding measures from 1 August, most staff will attend school. “It remains the case that wider government policy advises those who can work from home to do so. We [the DfE] recognise this will not be applicable to most school staff, but where a role may be conducive to home working - for example,...
Guidance on curriculum includes that schools teach an ambitious and broad curriculum in all subjects from the start of the autumn term, but “make use of existing flexibilities to create time to cover the most important missed content”. It states that schools should plan on the basis of the educational needs of pupils, stating that: “Curriculum plan...
Inspection
For state-funded schools, routine Ofsted inspections will remain suspended for the autumn term. However, during the autumn term, inspectors will visit a sample of schools to discuss how they are managing the return to education of all their pupils. These will be collaborative discussions, taking into account the curriculum and remote education expectations set out in this document, and will not result in a judgement. A brief letter will be published following the visit.
Primary assessment
The early years foundation stage profile, and all existing statutory key stage 1 and 2 assessments, should return in 2020-2021in accordance with their usual timetables. This includes: 1. The phonics screening check. 2. Key stage 1 tests and teacher assessment. 3. The Year 4 multiplication tables check. 4. KS2 tests and teacher assessment. 5. Statutory trialling. The introduction of the Reception baseline assessment has been postponed until September 2021. However, the Standards and Testing Ag...
Exams
GCSEs and A levels will take place in summer 2021 but with adaptations, including those that will free up teaching time. There will also be an exam series taking place in autumn 2020, following the cancellation of summer 2020 exams,
The guidance states: “In the event of a local outbreak, the Public Health England health protection team or local authority may advise a school or number of schools to close temporarily to help control transmission.” In such cases: 1. For individuals or groups of self-isolating pupils, remote education plans should be in place. 2. Where a class, gr...
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Jul 2, 2020 · The Department for Education has published its guidance for getting all pupils back in school in September. The government says the balance of risk is now “overwhelmingly in favour of children returning to school”.
Jul 2, 2020 · The government has published its safety plans for England's return to school in September - built on the principle of keeping classes or whole year groups apart in separate "bubbles". Schools will...
Jul 7, 2020 · All children will be told to go back to school from September, as the government said restarting learning was "critical to our national recovery". Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced mandatory attendance will be introduced when the new academic year starts to ensure pupils do not fall any further behind.
