Dear Parents and Carers,

As you are probably aware the current Government advice is for schools to remain open.  Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer has stated that, "There is no scientific evidence yet for closing schools".  He went on to reassure parents saying, “although  young people do get infected, they seem to have a much milder disease". We currently have no confirmed cases of Coronavirus COVID-19 amongst our students or staff so school remains open as normal for all of our students.  We will inform parents if this situation changes. However, as a precaution, the Government has said that anyone with a new persistent cough or high temperature is now advised to self-isolate for seven days, this includes students and staff. The Government has also banned all trips abroad; we do not have any trips abroad planned in the near future.

Parents should be reassured that we are planning what we will do in the event of the Government closing the school, this includes online learning for students.

We are of course being extra vigilant and encouraging students and parents to continue taking additional precautions. This includes maintaining high levels of personal hygiene, regularly washing hands and following the Catch it, Bin it, Kill it advice when sneezing or coughing. As you would expect, we already promote these practices at school and we would appreciate your support in continuing to encourage the same at home.  If you are worried about your symptoms or those of a child, please call NHS 111. The advice is to not go directly to your GP or other healthcare environments. Please see further information on the Public Health England (PHE) and the National Health Service (NHS) websites.  

As a school, we take our duty of care extremely seriously and we will keep you updated on any further developments should the need arise. If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to get in touch via enquiries@cleevepark-tkat.org

As advice from the Government changes, announcements will be made via parent portal and our website.

Yours faithfully,

Jenni Tyler-Maher

Executive Head Teacher

Dear Parents and Carers

COVID 19 update:

As of 16^th March, we have decided to put additional measures in place with regard to visitors and extra-curricular activities at our school:

• All non-essential meetings will be cancelled until after the Easter holidays.  Meetings will now be arranged via telephone.
• All sporting fixtures will be re-arranged to happen after the Easter holidays
• Year 13 parents evening (19^th March) is postponed until after the Easter holidays
• Year 11 parents evening (2^nd April) is postponed until after the Easter holidays

We are awaiting an update from the Department for Education regarding any changes to public examinations this summer.

Currently we remain open and would like to re-iterate the guidance set out for schools:

Stay at Home Guidance

• Those that have symptoms of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), however mild, should stay at home and not leave their house for 7 days from when symptoms started.

School Attendance

In line with current (16 March 2020) Government guidance students and staff should continue to attend school unless:

• They have symptoms of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), a new continuous cough and/or high temperature, however mild, they should stay at home and not leave the house for 7 days from when the symptoms started.

Unless advised not to by public health officials or government guidance all other children and staff should continue to attend school as normal

I will update you should the Government make any changes to this guidance

Yours faithfully,

Jenni Tyler-Maher

Executive Head Teacher