Coming and Going
Supporting our Staff
• When arriving in the mornings, pupils should head straight
• We are expecting the full complement of staff to return.
to their designated outside areas and may enter their form
Regular asymptomatic testing will be offered to all, while our
rooms from 8.30am (or before, in the event of wet weather).
most vulnerable staff in the national highest-priority groups will already have been offered the vaccine. We will continue work on
• When dropping off or picking up their sons, parents are requested not to approach the Main Gate and also to remain
an individual basis to minimise the risk for those whose existing health leaves them more vulnerable.
in their vehicles. To ensure safety in front of the School gates, it would be helpful if drop-offs/pick-ups can take place in
• Risk assessments will be carried out for all visiting staff, such as
surrounding streets, in locations where it is safe to do so.
trainee teachers from the Initial Teacher Training programme and
We seek to be good neighbours: please abide by all local
peripatetic Music teachers, for their own wellbeing and to protect
parking and traffic restrictions.
the School. They will be fully briefed, such as on social distancing in Music practice rooms and on not sharing equipment.
• No parents will be allowed past the security guards at the Main Gate unless they have an appointment. Visitors will be held at the gate while contact is made with reception and sent up only when it is safe do to so. Reception has been arranged to limit contact between visitors and staff.
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