Dear Student / Parent
A quick update – I hope you have had time to read the information I sent out last week regarding the return to full-time schooling. We are very much looking forward to welcoming our 240 new Year 7 students and 140 Year 12 students on Friday, with other year groups being phased in from 7th September.
You may have picked up in the media that the DfE sent out information on Friday regarding ‘levels of restrictions’ to allow for regional or local lockdowns, if required. Bishop’s Stortford is currently a low risk area for Covid-19 transmission and our plans fully comply with Tier 1 requirements. If the risk increases, we will be informed by the DfE to move a different Tier of operation. In summary these are set out below:
Tier 1 – low risk Covid-19 infection rates – continue as present – all students in school
Tier 2 – Rota model introduced with the possibility of a two week on / two week off programme for different year groups. On-line work will be set for children working at home with Key Worker & Vulnerable Students in school full-time
Tier 3 – Key Worker & Vulnerable Students in full-time / all other year groups working from home / selected Year Groups may be required to attend as determined by DfE
Tier 4 – Key Worker & Vulnerable Students full-time only – all other students work on-line.
I sincerely hope that the risk continues to be low in our area and that we can get on with re-starting our students’ education in a school environment. If things change, we will let you know in due course.
Dr Chris Ingate
Principal