COVID-19 Symptoms?

23rd September 2020Mrs D Curtis

If your child, or a family member, has any of the main symptoms of COVID-19, a test should take place as soon as possible and, in accordance with Government guidance, your child and anyone they live with must stay at home and self isolate until the test result is received.

Do not send your child / children to school but do contact us if self isolation is taking place so attendance register can be updated.

If your child / children or a member of the household receives a negative test result it should be emailed to [email protected]. A member of staff will contact you to confirm when your child / children can return to school.

If your child or someone in the family home tests positive for COVID-19, the household should self isolate for 10 days from the onset of symptoms. Everyone in the household who does not have any symptoms, must isolate at home for 14 days, or until the symptomatic household member receives a negative result.

Do not send your child / children to school but do contact us to agree an earliest date for a possible return.

Should your child receive a positive test result, you must contact St Edmundā€™s as a matter of urgency on 01902 558888.

 

More information on coronavirus symptoms and how to get a test is available on the NHS website:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/

Important guidance on absence related to Covid-19

19th September 2020Mrs D Curtis

All symptomatic persons (adults or children) should isolate for 10 days from the onset of symptoms and get a test as soon as possible.

Please inform the Academy of any test result.Should a pupil receive a negative test result, please contact the Academy.

No pupil should return to school after a negative test result without first contacting the Academy and being free of fever for at least 48 hours.

All household members, who do not have symptoms, should isolate for 14 days from the onset of symptoms in the symptomatic person. Should household members develop symptoms during this isolation period, they should also get a test.

Click her for more guidance on attendance relating to coronavirus:

https://bit.ly/2ZOKSLQ

 

COVID-19 Related Pupil Absence – Quick Reference Guide

11th September 2020Mrs D Curtis

Please see the COVID-19 related pupil absence quick reference guide for your information:Ā https://bit.ly/35vMAFl

 

Covid Absence Guide

If your child shows any one of the following symptoms, call for a COVID-19 test straight away via 119. Do not wait to see if the symptoms improve as you may be refused a test.Ā If you are not able to get a test, the child and whole household must isolate for 14 days.

1. New continuous cough

2. High temperature

3. Loss of change to their sense of smell and/or taste

 

 

8th September 2020Mrs D Curtis

I think I have had contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, but I have not been notified and advised to self-isolate. What should I do?

Contacts who need to self-isolate will be notified and advised accordingly by the NHS Test and Trace service. If you have not been notified, this means you do not need to self-isolate.

If you are concerned that you may have symptoms of coronavirus, or you live with someone who has symptoms of coronavirus, follow theĀ Stay at Home: guidance for households with possible or confirmedĀ COVID-19.

Return to School Dates

29th August 2020Mrs D Curtis

When school reopens students will only be in for one day during the first week as we bring back the community gradually and ensure that they have plenty of space to become comfortable with our new ways of working.

Wednesday 2 September: Year 7 and Year 11

Thursday 3 September: Year 8 and Year 10

Friday 4 September: Year 9 and Sixth Form

 

Year 12 to attend school at 9:30am on Friday 4th September.

Year 13 to come in for exams only commencing 2nd September (timetables have been emailed to year 13).

 

From Monday 7 September all students will be required to attend school all week.