Essential information for schools (COVID-19)

This page is no longer being updated. Please refer to the Government website for the latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and guidance.

Updated 9 December 2021

• We will continually update this guidance with both local and national information. 
• Please continue to use the DfE Helpline on 0800 046 8687 when you notice a confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in your setting. We encourage school leaders to inform the local authority at covid19@plymouth.gov.uk
• You can also contact the local authority at covid19@plymouth.gov.uk for any Covid-19 general enquiry
• We encourage school leaders to submit questions about practice or information in this guide to childrensservicesresponse@plymouth.gov.uk
• Plymouth City Council will continue to email a weekly bulletin to Head teachers. Past bulletins can be found on the Plymouth Online Directory.
• Plymouth City Council will host a weekly Teams meeting to share practice and understand challenges.  To join this meeting please contact childrensservicesresponse@plymouth.gov.uk. You can watch previous meetings on the Essential Information for Schools video page.
• Local incident reporting to Plymouth City Council from September 2020
• Schools Immunisation and Screening Programme letter (PDF) [79KB]
• Updated flow chart for incidents that schools need to report to PHE ( National Institute for Health Protection) - Version 11 2021.06.22 (PDF) [964KB]
• Infection and transmission in educational settings: cross-sectional analysis of clusters and outbreaks in England (PDF) [1MB]
• Changes to contact tracing in schools and colleges Template - Parents, carers and guardians (Word doc) [29KB]
• Contact tracing for children and young people from 19 July 2021 (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint) [777KB]

Guidance

• Critical workers and vulnerable children who can access schools or educational settings 
• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
• Mass asymptomatic testing: schools and colleges
• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges
• Guidance for full opening: schools
• Schools and childcare settings: return in January 2021
• Further education (FE) providers: return in January 2021
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency framework for education and childcare settings
• Guidance for full opening: special schools and other specialist settings
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

If you have any questions or feedback about these pages, please email childrensservicesresponse@plymouth.gov.uk

Latest COVID-19 guidance

For the latest COVID-19 guidance and information, please view the GOV.UK website.

If you need medical help, go to NHS 111 online.

Read the latest Government COVID-19 guidance