Best Practice Update

Quick guide to key contact information: LA and other information

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Email:
DfE.coronavirushelpline @education.gov.uk

Telephone:

0800 046 8687

Open Mon-Fri from 8am to 6pm and weekends from 10am to 4pm

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Opening schools to more pupils from the 1 June 2020 (DfE update 11.5.20)

Contents:

  • Why can more children now attend school?
  • What does the latest scientific advice say?
  • Can my child return to school?
  • What if my child is eligible but has siblings who are not?
  • How will risks to children, teachers and families be managed?
  • If my child is eligible, is it compulsory for them to attend school?
  • Do all vulnerable children not currently attending have to go back to school now?
  • Should I keep my child at home if they have underlying health conditions or live with someone in a clinically vulnerable group?
  • Can children be tested for the virus?
  • What happens if there is a confirmed case of coronavirus in my child’s school?
  • Will education be provided as normal?
  • Will school meals be available for children who are in school?
  • Will schools keep their usual opening hours

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Guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection

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PHE provide official guidance on: 

 

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Advice and guidance on how to manage operating with Early Years, Reception and Year 6 students from 1.6.20:

Refer to Management Information Sheets issued by NCC Educator Solutions

Advice and guidance on Health and Safety:HR Infospace / Health and Safety updates: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Advice and guidance on Safeguarding: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Advice and guidance on provision for SEND pupils: SEN Operational Support Team at PDC This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Advice and guidance on trauma, student wellbeing, impact of bereavement:  Refer to Critical Incident, Bereavement and Trauma section on the Educational Psychology & Specialist Support 

“A Critical Incident is defined as “an event or events, usually sudden, which involve the experience of significant personal distress to a level which potentially overwhelms normal responses, procedures and coping strategies, and which is likely to have emotional and organisational consequences.”

Advice and guidance re student transport: Passenger transport unit 0344 800 8020

How to accept an offer of transport. 

If you've received a letter offering your child transport, use our online form to accept the offer. If any details included in the letter are wrong or have changed, you'll need to: Call the above number

 

Trade Union representatives  may be involved in the planning and implementation of health and safety 

NHS Online

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

Advice for those with symptoms or living with someone with symptom

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