Around 20 members of staff are unwell and absent from school. All describe very similar symptoms. Some are testing positive for COVID, typically several days after first feeling unwell.

 

If you have vulnerable family members in your household, you may wish to be extra alert to any COVID symptoms.

 

Please be patient and understanding about our cover arrangements. Agency (supply) staff for teachers or teaching assistants are increasingly in short supply. Agencies tell us of high demand from other schools and own staff sickness.

 

It is unlikely that any class will be sent home. All parts of the school continue to operate as usual for all pupils.

 

In school, to minimise risk of infection and to try and reduce staff absence, we have implemented social distancing for adults for the last couple of weeks.