Covid – essential information – Vale of York Academy

School will reopen to ALL students on Monday 8 March 2021.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone back at school!

We are operating in line with Department for Education guidance which is regularly updated and we will continually monitor the situation within school and will keep parents/carers informed of any updates as they occur.

You can read our comprehensive school reopening Risk Assessment by clicking here.

Additional risk assessments are also available below:

Asymptomatic Testing in Secondary and Special Schools Risk Assessment

Home Asymptomatic Testing for Staff Risk Assessment

Music Dance Drama During Pandemic Risk Assessment

Remote learning

For those pupils who still need remote education, we have produced handy guides for using Google Classroom and a remote learning overview which clarifies what parents and pupils can expect during lockdown or periods of isolation.

Covid catch-up scheme

The government is providing £1 billion funding to cover a one-off universal catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year. Click here to find out more.

Guidance on what to do if your child is poorly

We understand it’s concerning for parents/carers when a child is poorly – especially given the current circumstances. Together with the latest COVID-19 health and safety advice, we’ve put together a flowchart to help guide you through some questions if your child is poorly and you’re unsure if they should attend school.

Click here to view the guidance flowchart

Emergency cover

The single most important action we can all take, in fighting coronavirus, is to stay at home in order to protect the NHS and save lives. In response to government guidance, we must ask that parents and carers continue to only access the emergency child care cover at the school if you absolutely have to and if there is no one else in your household, who is not a critical worker, who can safely look after your child.

It is essential that we minimise the number of people accessing this emergency cover so that we can adhere to strict social distancing requirements, for the health and safety and wellbeing of the children and our staff.

What is a critical worker?

‘Critical workers’ are defined as those whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response or those who work in one of the critical sectors listed below:

Health and Social Care
Education and Child Care
Key Public Service
Local and National Government (linked to COVID-19)
Food Supplies
Public Safety and National Security
Transport
Utilities, Communication and Finance
Key Workers
Health Care
Journalist and Broadcasters
Religious Staff, Charities and Workers delivering frontline services

For a complete list of all roles which the government has classified as ‘critical’ please visit the Gov.uk website

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Friday 26th June! Dofe starts and we are cooking, pitching tents and brushing up on our navigation skills ahead of tomorrow’s weekend to Castle Howard! Pupils and staff are really excited to be out on Dofe Don’t miss the action, we will keep you posted during this weekend 👍 pic.twitter.com/YPlx…

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Day 1 - setting off for Bronze DofE! Here are the 4 teams at the start. All geared up and ready to go! Really excited for a great day 👍 pic.twitter.com/eiu5…

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And they are off again!! Troopers 😊 pic.twitter.com/2ehC…

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Lunchtime on blue route! Groups doing awesome and loving the sun 🌞 pic.twitter.com/NGK9…

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