COVID-19 Information

a) Ensure everyone is advised to clean their hands thoroughly:

Hand sanitiser dispensers have been installed in all classrooms and are also available in reception and in the Hall. Students and staff are encouraged to wash their hands or to use hand sanitiser regularly including:

• After coughing, sneezing and blowing their nose,
• Before eating or handling food,
• After coming into contact with surfaces touched by many others, such as handrails, and shared areas such as kitchens and toilets,
• When returning home.

Alcohol based hand sanitiser is a flammable substance. Access to hand sanitiser units is supervised by staff and care is taken in Technology and Science rooms.

b) Ensure good respiratory hygiene for everyone by promoting the ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’ approach:

Students and adults must use a tissue to catch sneezes or coughs (or their elbow where a tissue is not available) and dispose of it in a lidded bin, then clean their hands. Tissues and lidded bins for tissues are provided in every classroom and area of school.

Students will be reminded to avoid touching their eyes, nose and mouth as much as possible, and to clean their hands before and after doing so.

c) Cleaning

All areas of the school are cleaned, and surfaces disinfected daily. Frequent touch points around school are cleaned additionally during the school day.

If we are concerned about an outbreak of coronavirus (or another infectious illness) within a group of students who mix together we will:

a) Notify staff, students and parents of the outbreak and provide reminders about our protective measures

b) Consider whether it is necessary to temporarily enhance our protective measures, for the cohort affected, for example by:

• Requiring students to sanitise their hands entering and leaving classrooms
• Disinfecting surfaces between lessons
• Suspending face to face assemblies
• Reviewing planned events such as residentials, trips, live performances

c) Seek advice from the local Public Health team if required