Coronavirus Update for Independent Schools

16 December 2020

We hope you are all looking forward to the end of term and manage to have restful break and enjoy the festivities given what has been an extremely challenging 2020.

In our final coronavirus (COVID-19) update of this year we wanted to highlight a few of the main developments following the move from the national lockdown to the local restrictions and the three tier system.

End of Term Arrangements
The Government updated its Guidance for full opening: schools to reflect the local restriction tier system. At the same time it reinforced the message that schools should continue to operate as normally as possible, irrespective of the local restriction tier they fall under...
read more >

Extremely Clinically Vulnerable Staff and Shielding Guidance Changes
Following the end of the second national lockdown and the move back to the local tier system, additional guidance has been provided for those who qualify as clinically extremely vulnerable... read more >

Exams Update
The Government has recently announced that GCSEs and A Level exams will go ahead in England in 2021, with a range of specific measures designed to support schools and pupils... read more >

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We hope that you have found our regular coronavirus updates helpful. Guidance for schools is still continuing to be published and we will keep materials updated on OnStream so please do log on for the latest guidance at any time.

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Barney Northover
bnorthover@vwv.co.uk
0117 314 5395

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