COVID-19

This page is a work-in-progress and repository of school information related to the current coronavirus pandemic.

APRIL 2022

The following rules are now in place for the school:

CHANGES TO TERM 5 CORNOVIRUS CONTROLS

Schools are now expected to follow the Government’s guidance entitled “Living with COVID.” Although we have faced a number of logistical challenges this term, with pupils and staff ill, we end with attendance levels high and a staff able to work their contracted hours. Looking ahead to Term 5, and in the context of the withdrawl of free LFT or PCR tests, we are asking for your support to manage illnesses as follows:

children who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can return to school when they no longer have a high temperature, and are well enough to attend
adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature
adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days. This is the period during which they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under with a positive COVID-19 test result, the advice is to stay at home for 3 days.

UPDATED NHS COVID-19 SYMPTOMS LISTS

The NHS COVID-19 symptoms in adults and symptoms in children have been updated.

CHILDREN

Children and young people aged 18 and under can get coronavirus (COVID-19), but it’s usually a mild illness and most get better in a few days. Symptoms of COVID-19 ini children can include:

a high temperature or shivering (chills) – a high temperature means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours
a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
shortness of breath
feeling tired or exhausted
an aching body
a headache
a sore throat
a blocked or runny nose
loss of appetite
diarrhoea
feeling sick or being sick

ADULTS

Symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) in adults can include:

a high temperature or shivering (chills) – a high temperature means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours
a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
shortness of breath
feeling tired or exhausted
an aching body
a headache
a sore throat
a blocked or runny nose
loss of appetite
diarrhoea
feeling sick or being sick