School Closure with Immediate Effect

Dear parents, teachers and administrators,

Our school will be closed for three to five days (Monday the 16.3 - to potentially Friday 20.3) due to concerns around Covid 19.

We are now all experiencing the complexity of the Covid 19 pandemic. It is clear that the spread has exponentially increased. Our (Council and SLT) fundamental task is to work to ensure that we keep all members of our school community as safe as is possible in these uncertain times. 

Our current state:

• There is a significant risk that the virus is currently on site (in the buildings). We believe that we would be irresponsible to expose our staff and students, and therefore also parents, to this risk.
• We will need to do a deep clean of affected buildings over three days.
• There are a growing number of staff and families showing symptoms, which means that they need to self-isolate.

Our next steps:

• We will close the school for three to five days. This will allow us to take and implement advice on how to reestablish a safe working environment for students and teachers.
• We will communicate with all parents via the class contacts and website.
• Teachers will communicate with individual classes via class contacts.
• We will explore how we can run the school safely with fewer teachers (due to self isolation).

A request from myself: Please can we work together. I understand that this will prove difficult for a number of parents. Please communicate with Julie or myself - I am more than happy to answer questions and support where possible.

With best regards,

Jeff