COVID-19
If anyone in the Pre-School becomes unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature, or has a loss of, or change in, their normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia), they must be sent home and advised to follow ‘stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection’, which sets out that they must self-isolate for at least 7 days and should arrange to have a test to see if they have coronavirus (COVID-19). Other members of their household (including any siblings) should self-isolate for 14 days from when the symptomatic person first had symptoms.
You can read our Risk Assessment here.
You can read our Risk Assessment here.
Opening Hours
We are currently open for Morning Sessions only, but are planning to fully re-open from September 2020.
Arrival & Departure Arrangements
To be confirmed for September 2020.
Contacting the Pre-School
Parents cannot enter the building. We ask that you phone or email with any queries.
Bubbles
We will continue to have children in smaller "bubbles" whilst at Pre-School to minimise contact and ensure the safety of our Staff.
What will happen if there is a case of Covid-19?
We ask all parents understand our response (copied from our Risk Assessment below) and engage with NHS Test and Trace. Pre-Schools must take swift action when they become aware that someone who has attended has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Schools should contact the local health protection team.
Based on the advice from the health protection team, Pre-Schools must send home those people who have been in close contact with the person who has tested positive, advising them to self-isolate for 14 days since they were last in close contact with that person when they were infectious. Close contact means:
The health protection team will provide definitive advice on who must be sent home. Household members of those contacts who are sent home do not need to self-isolate themselves unless the child, young person or staff member who is self-isolating subsequently develops symptoms. If someone in a class or group that has been asked to self-isolate develops symptoms themselves within their 14-day isolation period they should follow ‘stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection’. They should get a test, and:
What will happen if there is a local lockdown?
We would communicate in more detail at the time.
We are currently open for Morning Sessions only, but are planning to fully re-open from September 2020.
Arrival & Departure Arrangements
To be confirmed for September 2020.
Contacting the Pre-School
Parents cannot enter the building. We ask that you phone or email with any queries.
Bubbles
We will continue to have children in smaller "bubbles" whilst at Pre-School to minimise contact and ensure the safety of our Staff.
What will happen if there is a case of Covid-19?
We ask all parents understand our response (copied from our Risk Assessment below) and engage with NHS Test and Trace. Pre-Schools must take swift action when they become aware that someone who has attended has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Schools should contact the local health protection team.
Based on the advice from the health protection team, Pre-Schools must send home those people who have been in close contact with the person who has tested positive, advising them to self-isolate for 14 days since they were last in close contact with that person when they were infectious. Close contact means:
- direct close contacts - face to face contact with an infected individual for any length of time, within 1 metre, including being coughed on, a face to face conversation, or unprotected physical contact (skin-to-skin)
- proximity contacts - extended close contact (within 1 to 2 metres for more than 15 minutes) with an infected individual
- travelling in a small vehicle, like a car, with an infected person
The health protection team will provide definitive advice on who must be sent home. Household members of those contacts who are sent home do not need to self-isolate themselves unless the child, young person or staff member who is self-isolating subsequently develops symptoms. If someone in a class or group that has been asked to self-isolate develops symptoms themselves within their 14-day isolation period they should follow ‘stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection’. They should get a test, and:
- if the test delivers a negative result, they must remain in isolation for the remainder of the 14-day isolation period. This is because they could still develop the coronavirus (COVID-19) within the remaining days.
- if the test result is positive, they should inform their setting immediately, and must isolate for at least 10 days from the onset of their symptoms (which could mean the self-isolation ends before or after the original 14-day isolation period). Their household should self-isolate for at least 14 days from when the symptomatic person first had symptoms, following ‘stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection’
What will happen if there is a local lockdown?
We would communicate in more detail at the time.
