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Coronavirus: Schools

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Schools are now open to all pupils. The government has published guidance to the sector, which sets out a range of protective measures to ensure education settings remain safe places, including: 

  • reducing the size of classes and keeping children in small groups without mixing with others
  • staggered break and lunch times, as well as drop offs and pick ups
  • increasing the frequency of cleaning, reducing the used of shared items and utilising outdoor space

Read the full guidance

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies advising the Government has a high degree of confidence that the severity of the disease in children is lower than in adults and a moderately high degree of confidence that children aged up to 11 are less susceptible to it.

Everybody with coronavirus symptoms is now available for testing. This will enable children and staff to get back to school if they test negative, and if they test positive a test and trace approach can be taken. Where a setting has a positive case, Public Health England will advise on the appropriate course of action, and the relevant group of people with whom the individual has mixed closely should be sent home and advised to self-isolate for 14 days.

Coronavirus Advice

  • Coronavirus: An introduction
  • Coronavirus restrictions: What has changed?
  • Coronavirus: Face Coverings
  • NHS Test and Trace
  • Getting Tested
  • Coronavirus: Support for individuals affected
  • Coronavirus: Business Support
  • Coronavirus: Support for the Self Employed
  • Coronavirus: Schools
  • Coronavirus: Foreign Travel
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