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Cardinal Hume Catholic School
Action Plan and Risk Assessment
Updated 26th October 2020
This risk assessment is underpinned by government guidance on Covid-19:
It is the school’s plan that all pupils, in all year groups, will return to school full-time from the beginning of the autumn term. The risk to children themselves of
becoming severely ill from coronavirus (COVID-19) is very low and there are negative health impacts of being out of school. For the vast majority of children, the benefits
of being back in school far outweigh the very low risk from coronavirus (COVID-19). Whilst it is not possible to ensure a totally risk-free environment, the Office of
National Statistics’ analysis on coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths linked to occupations suggests that staff in educational settings tend not to be at any greater risk
from the disease than many other occupations. There is no evidence that children transmit the disease any more than adults.
Public health advice to minimise coronavirus (COVID-19) risks:
Schools must comply with health and safety law, which requires them to assess risks and put in place proportionate control measures. Schools should thoroughly review
their health and safety risk assessments and draw up plans for the autumn term that address the risks identified using the system of controls set out below. These are an
adapted form of the system of protective measures that will be familiar from the summer term. Essential measures include:
• a requirement that people who are ill stay at home
• robust hand and respiratory hygiene
• enhanced cleaning arrangements
• active engagement with NHS Test and Trace
• formal consideration of how to reduce contacts and maximise distancing between those in school wherever possible and minimise potential for contamination so
far as is reasonably practicable
How contacts are reduced will depend on the school’s circumstances and will (as much as possible) include:
• grouping children together
• avoiding contact between groups
• arranging classrooms with forward facing desks
• staff maintaining distance from pupils and other staff as much as possibleRisk Government Guidance School Actions Responsible Review
Management
Mitigation 1) minimise contact with Reviewed
against the individuals who are unwell School must follow the following process; all staff must be aware of it: 20.8.20
spread of by ensuring that those who ARY/BRN
coronavirus have coronavirus (COVID-19) Updated
Pupils, staff and other adults must not come into the school if they have 1.9.20
symptoms, or who have coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms or have tested positive in at least the last
someone in their household 10 days.
who does, do not attend Updated
school 14.9.20
If anyone in the school becomes unwell with a new and persistent cough or a
high temperature, or has a loss of or change in, their normal sense of taste or Reviewed
smell (anosmia), they must be sent home and advised to follow guidance for 28.9.20
households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection,
which sets out that they should self-isolate for at least 10 days and should Reviewed
arrange to have a test to see if they have coronavirus (COVID-19). 12.10.20
If they have tested positive whilst not experiencing symptoms but develop Reviewed
symptoms during the isolation period, they should restart the 10-day isolation 26.10.20
period from the day they develop symptoms.
Other members of their household (including any siblings) should self-isolate
for 14 days from when the symptomatic person first had symptoms.
The school will work with and take the advice of Public Health England in
relation to other scenarios that arise, but a response process is not
specifically defined in the government guidance.
All staff made aware of the procedure for removing and isolating a pupil who
develops symptoms.
If a child is awaiting collection by parents, they will be moved to a room
where they can be isolated behind a closed door and the room given as much
ventilation as possible.
Where direct adult supervision is necessary, a two-metre distance will be
maintained. If a distance of two metres can not be maintained, suitable PPE
will be used (see PPE section).If they need to go to the bathroom while waiting to be collected, they will
use a separate bathroom. The bathroom will be cleaned and disinfected using
standard cleaning products before being used by anyone else.
As is usual practice, in an emergency, 999 will be called if someone is
seriously ill or injured or their life is at risk.
Temperature checks carried out by reception staff:
• on all visitors to school
• on pupils who display or report symptoms
• on staff who display or report symptoms
PHE flow charts outline how schools must respond to cases/suspected cases.
Senior Leaders will follow these guidelines in responding to
suspected/confirmed cases.
In line with government guidance, students must wear face coverings in Updated
2) Where recommended, public spaces around school, as outlined below: 1.9.20
use of face coverings in DAN
schools Reviewed
· when moving between lessons 14.9.20
· when queueing for lessons, toilets, lunch and buses Updated
21.9.20
· during break and lunch times.
Updated
28.9.20
We do not expect students to wear face coverings in the canteen itself, as
they would not be conducive to eating. Face coverings will not be worn in
Reviewed
classrooms. Students may wear face coverings on the yard at break and
12.10.20
lunch, if they wish, as well as when they arrive at and depart school. As
previously stated, face coverings on buses are obligatory.
Reviewed
26.10.20
The school’s process for putting on and removing face coverings will be
clearly communicated and more bins in place for their safe disposal:
• Pupils must cleanse their hand before and after putting on or taking
off a face covering.
• Pupils must be instructed not to touch the front of their face covering
during use or when putting on or removing them.
• They must dispose of temporary face coverings in a covered bin• They must place reusable face coverings in a plastic bag they can
take home with them, and then wash their hands again before
heading to their classroom.
Staff Protection Measures
Face coverings are mandatory for staff and visitors in communal areas, where
distancing is difficult to achieve.
• Masks or visors are suitable for duties, movement and supervision in
public areas
• Visors are suitable for use in classroom teaching
Updated guidance for staff use of face coverings in place from 28.9.20:
In communal areas
Face coverings are compulsory for students whenever they are in an indoor
communal area, as outlined last week.
For staff, face coverings are also mandatory in these areas when social
distancing is difficult to achieve.
Visors
Visors are available for all staff and their use is encouraged in situations when
distancing from other people is difficult to achieve, including classrooms and
meeting spaces.
As mentioned earlier, face coverings are compulsory in communal areas
where distancing is difficult to achieve. This face-covering may be a mask,
visor or both.
3) clean hands thoroughly Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an easy virus to kill when it is on skin. This can be Reviewed
more often than usual done with soap and running water or hand sanitiser. School will ensure that 20.8.20
pupils clean their hands regularly, including when they arrive at school, when
they return from breaks, when they change rooms and before and after Updated
eating. Regular and thorough hand cleaning is going to be needed for the 1.9.20
foreseeable future and the following measures are in place to ensure this can
be managed in school: Reviewed
14.9.20
• Hand sanitiser station fitted in every classroom and several fitted in BSN Updated
other areas of the school. 28.9.20
• Pupils made to sanitise hands at the end of every lesson, at the end
of any lesson before break/lunch and at the end of the school day. Reviewed
• Pupils will be permitted to bring their own hand sanitiser to school. 12.10.20• Pupils can request to use the toilet during lesson time and toilets Reviewed
areas supervised throughout the day. 26.10.20
• After a visit to the toilet, all pupils will wash hands with soap and
water for 20 seconds.
• Pupils/staff must wash their hands thoroughly for 20 seconds with
soap and running water or use hand sanitiser after any contact with
someone who is unwell.
In line with the introduction of compulsory face masks, all young people are
now encouraged to bring a personal supply of hand sanitiser.
The school will ensure that they have enough tissues and bins available in the Reviewed
4) ensure good respiratory school to support pupils and staff to follow this routine. DAN 20.8.19
hygiene by promoting the
‘catch it, bin it, kill it’ ARY/BSN Reviewed
All pupils will be encouraged to bring their own tissues to school. 1.9.20
approach
The routine will be made explicit to all students and staff with a) clear and ARY/BSN Reviewed
regular reminders in briefings/tutor time and b) through school signage. 14.9.20
Reviewed
28.9.20
Reviewed
12.10.20
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26.10.20
The school is putting in place a cleaning schedule that ensures cleaning is
5) introduce enhanced generally enhanced, with a team of cleaners now working throughout the Reviewed
cleaning, including cleaning school day: 20.8.20
frequently touched surfaces
often, using standard • more frequent cleaning of rooms/shared areas that are used by Reviewed
products such as detergents different groups; cleaning of each teaching room will occur 10-12 1.9.20
and bleach times per day during the course of the school day.
• frequently touched surfaces will cleaned more often than normal; a Updated
full team of cleaners will routinely clean an allocated section of the 14.9.20
school throughout the school day.
Gateshead Updated
• toilets will be cleaned more regularly, and pupils encouraged to clean
Local 28.9.20
their hands thoroughly after using the toilet.
Authority
• The area around any person with symptoms will be closed to other
Reviewed
staff/pupils and cleaned thoroughly after they have left.
BRN 12.10.20• Cleaning staff will be provided with the following PPE: mask, gloves BSN Reviewed
and apron. 26.10.20
• Cleaning materials will be available in every classroom for use by any SLT
member of staff who wishes to use them.
• Pupils will be permitted to bring surface wipes from home to use on All Staff
desks at the start of lessons.
• The use of computers is essential in the delivery of the curriculum in
some subjects. Alcohol-based surface wipes will be available in all
rooms with computers and pupils will be required to sanitise them
after they have been used. The cleaning schedule will also be further
enhanced with computers sanitised directly after use, whenever
possible.
Design and Technology:
DCY
• Pupils will thoroughly clean their own equipment at the start of each
session using the cleaning equipment provided.
• Technician to clean down contact points of machinery (handles,
guards, buttons etc) and any additional tools and equipment at the
end of each practical session.
• Cleaners to be provided with a room usage schedule and asked to
clean the workshops after each use (if the room is only used once
during the day, this could take place at any time. If the room is used
on more than one occasion, cleaning would take place between
groups).
• No materials or equipment will be transferred between year group
bubbles, or workshops without thorough cleaning or 72 hour
quarantine.
SES
Food Technology:
• Students will be expected to wash their hands before and after
practical lessons.
• Pupils will thoroughly clean their own equipment at the end of each
session using the cleaning equipment provided.
• Students and technician to clean down worksurfaces and handles of
cupboards with disinfectant at the end of the practical lesson.
• Cleaners will be notified of practical lessons
• Equipment cupboards to have a track and trace system; including the
name of the student who used the equipment and what date the
equipment was used.• No materials or equipment will be transferred between year group
bubbles, or workshops unless washed and left for a 72-hour
quarantine period.
Science:
• Technician will ensure all equipment will be meticulously cleaned RSY
before any practical work is undertaken.
• Cleaners to be provided with a room usage schedule and asked to
clean the workshops after each use (if the room is only used once
during the day, this could take place at any time. If the room is used
on more than one occasion, cleaning would take place between
groups).
No materials or equipment will be transferred between practical group
bubbles, or workshops without thorough cleaning or 72-hour quarantine.
The schools will do everything possible to minimise contacts and mixing while
6) minimise contact delivering a broad, ambitious and balanced curriculum. As far as possible, Reviewed
between individuals and and where practical, groups will be taught separately, and pupils/staff BRN 20.8.20
maintain social distancing required to maintain a safe but realistic distance from other people. SLT
wherever possible ALL STAFF Updated
1.9.20
Teachers and other staff will operate across different classes and year groups
in order to facilitate the delivery of the school timetable, with the following Updated
actions designed to minimise contacts between individuals: 14.9.20
• As far as possible, teachers will be based in a fixed room and pupils Updated
will move to them for lessons. This will allow: a) adequate specialist 28.9.20
resourcing b) teachers available at fixed duty points to supervise
pupil movement c) pupils to be fully supervised in classrooms and MEN/MMY Updated
public areas throughout the day d) adults to avoid movement to a 12.10.20
wide range of areas of the school.
• Shorter lessons of 45 minutes are necessary to allow staggered Updated
changeovers. MEN 26.10.20
• Strict and clear one-way system for distanced movement between
lessons. BSN/JCE
• Morning registration time extended to allow a staggered start to the
day. ARY/BSN
• Common setting across Key Stage 3 will mean that all pupils are in a
consistent group for all lessons; the maximum teaching group size in
Years 7, 8 and 9 will be 32. MEN• Lunchtimes will be staggered, ensuring that only a single year group
will have lunch at any one time. Therefore, the school will operate
year-group sized ‘bubbles’. All students will be encouraged to BSN
maintain their distance from others in all non-structured parts of the
day.
• At key stage 4 and key stage 5, the group size will be restricted to
the size of a year group to enable the school to deliver the full range
of curriculum subjects and to ensure students receive specialist MEN/BSN
teaching.
• Contacts between individuals from different year groups, for instance
during lesson changeover, will be minimised and not exceed 15 BSN/JCE
minutes in length.
• All classrooms will be arranged so that they are forward facing, in
areas where this is possible SRN/CJS
• Teaching delivery style will be distanced and from the front of the
class whenever possible. Pupils will use exercise books, folders and
specialist resources. There will be restrictions on resource use in MMY/CJS
practical subjects. Additional safety measures in place during lessons
are outlined in the document ‘Cardinal Hume Catholic School
Guidelines for Socially Distanced Teaching’.
• The number of staff on duty in public areas throughout the day will
be vastly increased. ARY/BSN
• School signage will be greatly enhanced to support distanced pupil
movement around school. BSN/JCE
• Large gatherings, such as assemblies, will be modified to ensure that
they are reduced in size, involve single year-groups only and, where
possible, delivered remotely. Distancing in assemblies will be
ARY/BRN
achieved through limit of two tutor groups assembling; other tutor
groups receiving address and information remotely.
• The school will limit interaction between year groups and ensure
MEN/BSN
rooms are only used by pupils from year group at a time.
• Staff will inevitably teach different classes and year groups. They will MMY/STAFF
keep their distance from pupils as much as they possibly can.
• Meetings between staff will be limited and socially distanced by 2 MMY/STAFF
metres.
• While passing briefly in the corridor or playground is low risk, the BSN/JCE
school will avoid creating busy corridors, entrances and exits. As
such, up to 15 minutes of each lesson will be dedicated to safe and
staggered pupil movement.
• Shared staff spaces will be reorganised to allow for socially distanced CJS/JCE
interactions
• Phased reintroduction 1-10th September will be used to a) give key ARY/MMY
messages to pupils/staff and b) test the newly-introduced systems in
safe and measured way• Changes to the school behaviour policy are necessary to ensure
pupils’ conduct themselves safely. These will be communicated ARY/BSN/BRN
regularly to staff and pupils and rigidly implemented. DAN (SF)
Morning Break - wet weather
• Year 7 students go straight to the main hall. Students sanitise their
hands on entry and take a seat filling in from the back of the hall. All
students are facing forward. Students are equally spaced out.
Students wear face masks at all times
This will always be the arrangement for Year 7 and therefore they
will be the only year group to use the main hall
• Year 8 students stand in the atrium space - face mask should be
removed to eat and drink but then should be replaced
• Year 9 students seated in the dining hall - face mask should be
removed to eat and drink but then should be replaced
The Year 8 & 9 arrangement will alternate so that the system is fair
to both
• Year 10 students stand in the atrium space - face mask should be
removed to eat and drink but then should be replaced
• Year 11 students seated in the dining hall - face mask should be
removed to eat and drink but then should be replaced
The Year 10 & 11 arrangement will alternate so that the system is fair
to both
Lunchtime - wet weather
• Year 7 students (finish P3 at 12pm) collect their lunch and then go
straight to the main hall - this process must be completed before
12.15. Students sanitise their hands on the way in and then take a
seat, filling in from the back of the hall. All students are facing
forward. Students are equally spaced out. Students must put their
face mask back on when finished eating.
• Year 8 students assemble in the atrium space. Students are invited,
by house group, to queue up and collect their lunch. They then return
to the atrium space to eat their food. Benches provided for seating if
required. Face mask should be removed to eat and drink but then
should be replaced.
• Year 9 students assemble and sit in the dining hall. Students are
invited, by house group, to queue up and collect their lunch once the
process for year 8 has been completed. They then return to their seat
to eat their food. Students adhere to the max seating capacity of
each table. Face mask should be removed to eat and drink but thenshould be replaced.
The Year 8 & 9 arrangement will alternate so that the system is fair
to both but the arrangement for year 7 will remain the same
• Year 10 students assemble in the atrium space. Students are invited,
by house group, to queue up and collect their lunch. They then return
to the atrium space to eat their food. Benches provided for seating if
required. Face mask should be removed to eat and drink but then
should be replaced.
• Year 11 students assemble and sit in the dining hall. Students are
invited, by house group, to queue up and collect their lunch once the
process for Year 10 has been completed. They then return to their
seat to eat their food. Students adhere to the max seating capacity of
each table. Face mask should be removed to eat and drink but then
should be replaced.
The Year 10 & 11 arrangement will alternate so that the system is fair
to both.
Design and Technology:
• To minimise cross contamination between year group bubbles,
workshops will be assigned to specific year groups (e.g. D8 – Y10
Engineering, D7 – Y12 and Y13 A-Level DT).
• Where possible, pupils in small classes will be assigned their own
workbench (Likely scenario for Y12&Y13). DCY
• For larger groups, no more than 2 pupils will be assigned to a
workbench.
• Students will be assigned to workbenches and will work diagonally
opposite each other in order to maintain a social distance of 1m
where possible (Seating plan guidance: CLEAPSS GL344, Appendix 2)
• Workbenches will be clearly numbered and assigned to students, with
safe working areas (in line with social distancing guidance) clearly
marked.
• Safe social distance zones will be clearly marked out on the floor
around fixed equipment and machinery.
• Staff will aim to maintain 2m social distance from other members of
staff and pupils in the workshop wherever possible.
• Teachers may consider the use of visualisers to aid practical
demonstrations, while maintaining a safe social distance.
• To control movement around the room, pupils will be required to
seek teacher permission before using fixed machinery, or other
equipment located around the room.• Staff will be issued with their own equipment pack, for their sole use.
Staff will sanitise their equipment between each lesson using cleaning
wipes provided.
• Where possible, equipment packs will be assigned to individual
pupils. Where equipment packs are not possible, equipment may be
numbered and assigned to specific pupils for use in practical sessions.
• Equipment packs/equipment used by year group bubbles will be
stored under the workbench of the pupil(s) assigned to use it.
Music Service lessons
• Students are taught in bubbles or as individuals
• Music stands / seats set up at 2m distance from each RFT
• other and the teacher
• Practice rooms allocated per year group for storage of instruments
(Y12s use workrooms)
Food Technology
• Staff to aim to maintain a 2m social distance where possible.
• Students will be split across two classrooms and assigned a numbered
workbench and corresponding numbered cooker and cupboard for SES
track and trace purposes.
• Students must ask permission when moving around the room
• Students will have all the equipment and ingredients at their
workbench to minimise movement around room.
• Staff will have their own equipment which will be washed and left for
a 72-hour quarantine once used
• Where possible students will have their own equipment so no sharing
will be necessary.
• Students will bring their ingredients in a labelled bag and put the
whole bag into the fridge. During a practical student’s will remove
the bag at the beginning to minimise movement around the
classroom.
• Students will be split into two bubbles one working in D1 and one
working in D2. During the practical these bubbles will not mix.
Science:
• Where possible, pupils in small classes will work individually (Likely
scenario for Y12&Y13).
• For larger groups, no more than 3 pupils will be assigned to a group.• Students will be assigned to set of equipment. These sets will be
diagonally opposite each other in order to maintain a social distance
of 1m where possible (Seating plan guidance: CLEAPSS GL344, RSY
Appendix 2)
• Staff will aim to maintain 2m social distance from other members of
staff and pupils in the laboratory wherever possible.
• Teachers may consider the use of visualisers to aid practical
demonstrations, while maintaining a safe social distance.
• To control movement around the room, pupils will be required to
seek teacher permission before leaving their equipment.
• If a teacher demo is required, this set of apparatus must be ordered
separately and cannot then go into general use without first being
cleaned.
PE and Sport:
• Changing rooms are not to be utilised
• Students to get changed into trainers and take off blazer and tie
(when requested)
• Badminton, table tennis, dance and orienteering are the activities
delivered to maximise social distancing and reduce contacts where RWR
able.
• Students are to work in the same groupings where able, from
lesson to lesson
• All equipment is to be cleaned after use (by students or staff)
• Hand sanitizer utilised at the end of each lesson
• KS4 students will have one practical lesson per fortnight and 1
independent study (classroom) based lesson per fortnight. This will
limit the number of students in PE at any one time
• Staff are to organise equipment at the start and end of every day
to ensure that it is not touched by students
Staff Protection Measures
Updated guidelines for staff issued 25.9.20:Minimising contacts in meetings and other interactions – key markers for
reducing contacts
• Avoid face-to-face contact within one metre
• Avoid other contacts within one metre for more than one minute
• Meetings/contacts requiring people to be between 1-2 metres must
be kept to a maximum of 15 minutes
• For contacts exceeding 15 minutes, aim to keep a two-metre distance All Staff
LSA student support:
• Keep a 2m distance where possible.
• Sanitise hands before and after touching books.
• Leave doors and windows open when working in SEN classrooms.
• Wear a visor or face shield if needed to work in close proximity with
pupils. DES
• Do not share equipment with pupils.
Sixth Form Directed Study
• From 9.11.20, the number of Sixth Form pupils on site during non-
SWT/DAN
contact periods will be reduced with the introduction of a home study
system to coincide with Modular Assessments.
Please see section 2 for information of face coverings.
7) where necessary, wear Reviewed
appropriate personal The majority of staff in school will not require PPE beyond what they would 20.8.20
protective equipment (PPE) normally need for their work. PPE is only needed in a very small number of
cases, including: Updated
1.9.20
DAN
• where an individual child or young person becomes ill with Updated
coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms while at schools, and only then if a 14.9.20
distance of 2 metres cannot be maintained
• where a child or young person already has routine intimate care Updated
needs that involve the use of PPE, in which case the same PPE should 28.9.20
continue to be used
Reviewed
All cleaning staff will be provided with PPE and required to wear it 12.10.20
throughout the school day.
Reviewed
PPE will be well stocked and replenished regularly, as necessary. 26.10.20Staff made aware of the occasions when PPE should be used in school. Please
see the PPE matrix for information about when PPE should be used.
Design and Technology:
• Pupils and staff will continue to use PPE where required and
appropriate.
• Staff will be issued with eye protection for their sole use. Staff will
sanitise eye protection between each lesson using cleaning wipes
provided.
• Pupils will be advised to wash, or sanitise, their hands before DCY
handling or using PPE.
• Pupils will thoroughly clean required PPE prior to use, using the
cleaning equipment provided.
• PPE used by year group bubbles will be stored in the workshop where
it will be used. No equipment will be transferred between workshops
without thorough cleaning.
• Shared aprons should only be used by pupils if they can be cleaned,
or quarantined for 72 hours between each use.
• PPE considered to be close contact (such as gloves, or masks) should
not be used. Activities requiring the use of such PPE should be
adjusted to be carried out by the teacher or technician using their
own dedicated PPE.
Music Service lessons
• Wind teachers bring Perspex screens with them
Food technology
• Staff to have the option to wear PPE (mask and visor) when assisting
with practical lessons as close student contact might be required; but RFT
will aim to maintain a 2m social distance where possible.
• Pupils will be advised to wash, or sanitise, their hands before
SES
handling or using PPE.
• Students will avoid touching their face once PPE is on
Science:• Pupils and staff will continue to use PPE where required and
appropriate.
• Eye protection will be sanitised between each lesson using an
appropriate cleaning solution provided.
• Pupils will be advised to wash, their hands before handling or using
PPE. (use soap and water)
• Pupils when applicable will be supplied with appropriate PPE (e.g.
disposable gloves)
RSY
Numbers 1 to 5 must be in place in all schools, all the time.
Number 6 must be properly considered and schools must put in place measures that suit their particular circumstances.
Number 7 applies in specific circumstances.
Response to 8) engage with the NHS Test Staff and parents/carers should understand that they will need to be ready Reviewed
infection and Trace process and willing to: ARY/BRN 20.8.20
• Book a test if they are displaying symptoms
• Provide details of anyone they have been in close contact with if they Reviewed
test positive or if asked by NHS Test and Trace 1.9.20
• Self-isolate if they have been in close contact with someone who
develops symptoms or someone who tests positive for COVID-19 Reviewed
If any member of the school community has been tested, staff or parents 14.9.20
should inform school immediately of the results.
If a test is negative, the person can stop self-isolating, along with the Reviewed
members of their household. 28.9.20
Relevant and up to date information to promote understanding of appropriate
responses, for example “10 Simple Steps to Protect against Coronavirus” – RFT Updated
Gateshead publication sent to all families 05.10.20
If someone tests positive, they need to follow the ‘stay-at-home’ guidance.
As soon as school becomes aware of a positive test result for COVID-19, we
9) manage confirmed cases will contact our local health protection team. Likewise, will contact school if ARY/BRN Reviewed
of coronavirus (COVID-19) they become aware of a positive test of someone who has attended school – 20.8.20
amongst the school as identified by Test and Trace.
community Updated
The health protection team will carry out a rapid risk assessment to advise us 1.9.20
on any actions which need to be taken.
Reviewed
If the health protection team advise that individuals or groups of pupils need 14.9.20
to be sent home to self-isolate, we will implement this advice swiftly.
Reviewed
The school will keep a record of who has had contact within year group 28.9.20
‘bubbles’.
Updated
12.10.20All staff will create seating plans, as far as possible in alphabetical order, and MMY/All Staff Reviewed
will ensure that pupils sit in the seat outlined in the seating plan. If a child 26.10.20
moves seat, the seating plan must be updated accordingly.
Students in Sixth Form Directed Study record close contacts within 2m in
planners DAN/SWT
If school has two or more confirmed cases within 14 days, or an overall rise in ARY/BRN Reviewed
10) contain any outbreak by sickness absence where coronavirus (COVID-19) is suspected, this indicates a 20.8.20
following local health possible outbreak.
protection team advice We will work with our local health protection team/PHE and follow their Updated
advice in relation to: 1.9.20
• Full or partial closure
• Further enhancement to protective procedures in school Reviewed
14.9.20
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12.10.20
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26.10.20
Numbers 8 to 10 must be followed in every case where they are relevant.
Curriculum and The curriculum should • Full curriculum timetable planned with adjustments to lesson times, MEN Reviewed
Catch-up remain broad and grouping and the school day to mitigate against Covid-19. 20.8.20
ambitious: all pupils • Pupils taught in specialist rooms with subject specialists and grouped
continue to be taught a strategically to allow them to be taught in line with their ability. Reviewed
wide range of subjects, • No reduction has been made to the curriculum offer but lesson time MEN 1.9.20
maintaining their choices will be reduced and access to some specialist resources limited.
for further study and • Plan in place to ensure pupils catch up, ideally by the summer term Updated
employment. of 2021. Catch-up funding dedicated to offering additional and CJS 14.9.20
enhanced provision.
• Rota system planned in advance of potential Tier 2 intervention. MEN/BRN Reviewed
28.9.20
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12.10.20
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26.10.20
Pupil Education is not optional: • Resume robust systems for the tracking and tackling of pupil absence ARY/CBS Reviewed
attendance all pupils should receive a 20.8.20high-quality education that • Additional support in place to ensure those anxious about the return
promotes their to school are able to attend fully Reviewed
development and prepares • In rare instances, where it is deemed that absence from school is 1.9.20
them for the opportunities, necessary, remote learning opportunities will be considered.
responsibilities and Reviewed
experiences of later life. 14.9.20
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26.10.20
Contingency Remote education, where • Staff training in place and technology developed for any future need Reviewed
planning for needed, should be quality for remote learning. MMY 20.8.20
further closure and align as closely as • In the event of full closure, partial closure, or if any groups need to Reviewed
through possible with in-school work from home in line with ‘stay at home’ guidance, those affected 1.9.20
localised provision will then receive education remotely. Updated
lockdown or • We will continue to build our capability to educate pupils remotely, 14.9.20
school where this is needed. Reviewed
outbreak • Contingency planning for closure, partial closure or Tier 2-4 28.9.20
intervention in place. Reviewed
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Transport The school is limited in what it can do to mitigate against transmission Reviewed
Face coverings are required outside of school time. However, we will ensure that pupils are educated 20.8.20
Pupil at all times on public about the risks and the steps they can take to keep themselves and others
interactions transport for children over safe. Reviewed
before and the age of 11. • High standards of uniform retained so that they are more easily 1.9.20
after school identified outside school. ARY
• Key principles communicated regularly: ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’, Updated
handwashing, minimising contacts. ALL STAFF 14.9.20
• Work closely with public transport providers to plan safe use of bus
services RFT Reviewed
• Transport survey provided to parents; findings used to plan additional 28.9.20
transport needs. RFT
• Pupils encouraged to avoid use of public transport if possible. RFT Reviewed
• See section relating to face masks for the schoolss approach the 12.10.20
disposal/storage of used face masks on entry to school. DAN
• Additional bus services provided to shadow busy routes 882 and 878 Reviewed
RFT 26.10.20
• Bus passes allocated to ensure those in need are allocated seats• Students sit in year group bubbles as far as possible
Catering, lunch • Our catering service is provided by Gateshead LA and will resume Gateshead LA Reviewed
and break their service in September 2020. BRN 20.8.20
arrangements • The catering team has assessed the risks and adapted the catering
service to limit the number or contacts. This has resulted in a BSN Updated
reduced and limited menu. 1.9.20
Non-contact • The school has made adaptations to lunch arrangements and timings
periods (Sixth for pupils so that only a single year-group eats at one time. BSN Updated
Form only) • Enhanced cleaning will take place between sittings. 14.9.20
• Year groups will have break/lunch time together. Dining time will be
restricted to 15 minutes. Time in larger spaces will be up to 45 Reviewed
minutes and pupils will be encouraged to keep their distance from 28.9.20
other individuals and follow a ‘don’t touch others’ approach.
• An additional serving station is being installed to allow for further Reviewed
distancing between pupils. Gateshead LA 12.10.20
• In Sixth Form, Year 12 will use the Study and Common Room and Reviewed
Year 13 will use the Sixth Form Hall as base areas. Serving times for
DAN/SWT 26.10.20
Year 12 and 13 will be staggered to avoid contact between year group
bubbles and students will return to base areas to consume
food. Some contact within year group bubbles will be inevitable but
students will be encouraged to keep a safe distance and avoid
touching.
• Non contact periods for Sixth Form will be timetabled in base DAN/SWT
areas and Year 12 and 13 will be separated. Any contact between
Year 12 or 13 and other year groups as students circulate around
school will be limited by the staggered timing of lessons and the one DAN/SWT
way system. This includes movement to and from tutor rooms for
morning registration.
• Contingency in place for catering staff absence and Tier 2-4
intervention, including provision of FSM. JCE
Communication • INSET days 1st and 2nd September 2020 will be largely dedicated to MMY Reviewed
staff training in relation to the plans for reopening the school to all 20.8.20
pupils. Staff training and meetings reviewed and shaped to respond
to Covid-19. Reviewed
• Staggered reopening plan for pupils from 3rd to 9th September will be ARY/BSN/BRN 1.9.20
used to educate pupils on the changes to school systems and ensure a
gradual and measured approach before the full curriculum is Updated
resumed. 14.9.20
• This risk assessment will be reviewed and updated fortnightly and BRN
communicated through the school website. Updated
• The school’s Governing Board, and the Board of Trustees for the BRN 28.9.20
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust will be involved in agreeing
changes to the school’s approach. ARY• The school is in regular contact with Public Health England. Reviewed
• The school receives and responds to regularly changing government DAN/BRN 12.10.20
guidance (e.g. Coronavirus Daily Updates)
• Parent events in September/October cancelled, postponed or Reviewed
rearranged to take place remotely. DAN/RFT/BSN 26.10.20
• Parents Bulletin issued each Friday RFT
• Parents evening schedule for the academic year remodelled;
communication to follow. RFT
Fire drill and • It is recommended that, where possible, rooms are given extra All staff
escape ventilation; this can be achieved by opening more doors and Reviewed
windows. 20.8.20
• In the event of a fire alarm, pupils will be instructed to ignore the
one-way system and exit by the nearest escape, maintaining a BSN Reviewed
distance from others as far as possible. 1.9.20
• Teachers will be briefed on the importance ensuring doors are closed
as they leave during a fire a drill. SLT Reviewed
• Some external fire escapes will be used to facilitate distanced 14.9.20
movement around school. Designated staff will check that all of these
escapes are securely closed after each use. BSN Reviewed
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26.10.20
Visitors in • Room capacity reduced and social distancing and additional hand BRN Reviewed
school and sanitising in place for any meetings for external visitors. MMY 20.8.20
other events • Annual events involving visitors, which would ordinarily take place in ARY
September and October, have been largely postponed. Events later in Reviewed
the year will be kept under review. 1.9.20
• Temperature checks carried out on all visitors.
• In the light of current local restrictions, meetings involving the wider Updated
community will be restricted to those from the same household 14.9.20
All staff responsible for organising meetings (informal or calendared) are Updated
responsible for taking into account the aforementioned guidance: 28.9.20
• Avoid face-to-face contact within one metre
Updated
• Avoid other contacts within one metre for more than one minute 12.10.20
• Meetings/contacts requiring people to be between 1-2 metres must
be kept to a maximum of 15 minutes Updated
• For contacts exceeding 15 minutes, aim to keep a two-metre distance 23.10.20Staff Recruitment
Interviews will take place on-site with social distancing measures in place:
• Candidates sign symptoms disclaimer before entry to the main
building BRN
• Candidates’ temperatures checked on arrival
• Interviews and presentations conducted at 2 metre distance
• Tours of the school will be carried out in public areas only, where
social distancing can be maintained. No candidates will visit lessons.
• For teaching appointments, candidates will be observed teaching. At
the start of the interview day, the Head Teacher or other suitable
member of the panel will check that the lesson has been planned to
include mitigation against contacts and social distancing. Observing
staff will wear visors and will maintain distancing where possible.
Risk assessment
Employers must protect people from harm. This includes taking reasonable steps to protect staff, pupils and others from coronavirus (COVID-19) within the education
setting. As part of planning for full return in the autumn term, it is a legal requirement that schools should revisit and update their risk assessments (building on the
learning to date and the practices they have already developed), to consider the additional risks and control measures to enable a return to full capacity in the autumn
term. Settings should also review and update their wider risk assessments and consider the need for relevant revised controls in respect of their conventional risk profile
considering the implications of coronavirus (COVID-19). Schools should ensure that they implement sensible and proportionate control measures which follow the health
and safety hierarchy of controls to reduce the risk to the lowest reasonably practicable level.
Signed: Signed:
Cllr. T. Graham Mr. B. Robson
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