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COVID – 19 Update:
Dear students and families,
In order to clarify what role SEN schools have in the government guidance, I hope you find the following information clear.
Latest announcements from the government
There have been several documents released since Sunday 10th May that have talked about more pupils returning to school.
- Special Schools are NOT being asked to bring specific Year groups back into school. We are expected to continue offering school places to pupils from key worker families and those pupils who are the very most vulnerable, mostly with social care involvement
- We have been asked to continue gradually offering more places to pupils where it is safe to do so, which we have been doing and this will continue
- We have liaised with families and now have an accurate picture of which families would take up a place should we be able to offer one.
- Nothing has changed and will not do so until we have clear evidence that it is safe for more pupils and staff to be in school
- We are not expecting children to return to school if parents and carers feel they are safer at home. There is no pressure to return. Home remains the safest place for the vast majority of pupils
- When pupils come to school we have to make sure we have enough staff with the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the needs of our pupils. Currently we only have 20% of our staff available. We have risk assessed all staff and increased adults in school in line with need i.e. more children joining us. We have a clear view of who falls into what category i.e. those deemed not vulnerable, those living with someone who is vulnerable, those with caring responsibilities etc. There is clear guidance from the government and HR regarding who we should be approaching first if needs be. We will need to explore who it is safe to draft into the school setting to increase our staffing capacity
- We are constantly risk assessing the school physical setup for increased student numbers. I have shared my initial thoughts with the unions and will meet with key representatives for a walk round to show practice. Our classrooms are very small as you know. We have to maintain social distancing as best as we can and cannot have too many children and adults in school at any one time. Some classrooms will only be able to accommodate 4 students at a time, others 6.
We will not be taking significantly more students in from June 1st in one go. It will be a gradual increase if and when safe to do so.
I hope you understand that an awful lot of preparation and risk assessing has to take place to ensure we can minimise risk to students and staff alike. We will continue to dedicate ourselves to safe working practice as students, families and staff are always at the forefront of all we do.
Communication
- We will continue to phone families every week
- We will post information and updates on our website
- We continue to use our text service to send information
Home Learning
- Home learning is available in a variety of different ways depending on the needs of your child. Thank you to the teachers who are keeping in touch and guiding you.
Thank you all for your support at this difficult time. Also, thank you to those staff in school for putting themselves “on the line” every week, making sure children are happy and engaged and well looked after.
Best wishes,
Sue Holman
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Our school is a safe place to achieve, have fun and to develop skills towards individual, informed paths as we leave school and move forward in life. We learn to make choices for now and the future and to become as independent and self-sufficient as possible taking our place in society as part of Modern Britain.
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St Georges School
Watergate Road
Newport
Isle of Wight
P030 1XW
Telephone: (01983) 524634
Designated Safeguarding Leads:
Steff Gleeson Deputy Head
Sue Holman Headteacher
Dave Piggott Safeguarding Governor
E Mail: Bev Martinez. office@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk