Covid-19
What parents and carers need to know about schools during COVID-19
Click here to read current DfE Guidance
Coronavirus advice and information
Click here to read current North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) Guidance
Remote Education
In line with our school’s vision and values we are committed to providing a meaningful and ambitious remote education to children whose attendance would be contrary to government guidance or law around coronavirus (COVID – 19). If a child is unable to attend school due to current guidance, remote education and pastoral support will be provided in line with our Remote Education Parent Guide.
Safeguarding during COVID restrictions
Stillington Community Primary School is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all its pupils and staff.
Our Child Protection Policy has regard to the latest statutory safeguarding guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
All North Yorkshire schools, including Stillington Community Primary School, follow the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) policies and procedures. You can access comprehensive safeguarding advice and tips for parents and carers through the NYSCP website.
If you are concerned about the safety or welfare of child or need some safeguarding advice or support during school hours, you can speak to your child’s class teacher or contact Mrs Moore, our Designated Safeguarding Lead direct. If she is not available, Miss Stringer is our Deputy Safeguarding Lead.
If you believe a child is in immediate danger, call 999
Mental Health and Wellbeing during COVID restrictions
Useful links
· Getting urgent help for mental health (NHS)
· Make a support bubble with another household
· Coronavirus and wellbeing (NHS)
· Coping with mental health problems during coronavirus (Mind)
· Help for mental health problems if you’re LGBT+ (NHS)
· Getting help with your mental health if you’re a young person (Young Minds)
· Get advice from Age UK if you’re an older person, their carer, their family or friend
· Get help for mental health problems before, during and after pregnancy (NHS)
· Help for mental health problems if you’re a carer (Mind)
· Supporting children’s mental health during coronavirus (Young Minds)
Covid Catch-up Premium Funding 2020/21
From September 2020 the government provided funding for schools to support children and young people to catch up. This included a one-off universal ‘catch-up premium’ for the 2020 to 2021 academic year which schools could use for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months, in line with the curriculum expectations for the next academic year.
Our Covid-19 Catch-up Premium Strategy details how we intend to use the Catch-up Premium funding.
Recovery Premium Funding 2021/22
In February 2021, the government announced a one-off Recovery Premium as part of its package of funding to support education recovery. The Recovery Premium provides additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Building on the pupil premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting disadvantaged pupils.
Schools should spend this premium on evidence-based approaches to support pupils. In line with the Education Endowment Foundation’s pupil premium guide, activities should include those that:
- support the quality of teaching, such as staff professional development
- provide targeted academic support, such as tutoring
- deal with non-academic barriers to success in school, such as attendance, behaviour and social and emotional support
Like the pupil premium, schools can:
- spend the recovery premium on a wider cohort of pupils than those who attract the funding
- direct recovery premium spending where they think the need is greatest
Schools must show how they are using their recovery premium effectively:
- by reporting on their use of recovery premium as part of their pupil premium strategy statement
- through inspections by Ofsted - as part of these inspections, inspectors may discuss plans schools have to spend their recovery premium funding
Our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2021/22outlines how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year (2021/22)
Data Protection
We have a responsibility to you and your personal data and will only collect and use this in ways which are compliant with data protection legislation. Our Privacy Notice - Coronavirus (Covid-19) v4. has been written to inform pupils, parents and staff of Stillington Community Primary School about how we are using your information in light of the measures that have been introduced in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It should be read in conjunction with our standard Privacy Notice.
Useful links
· Full Reopening Guidance for Parents - March 2021
· Full Reopening Guidance for Parents - Sept 2020