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What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

The main symptoms of COVID-19 are a new, persistent cough, a high temperature and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste. People with COVID-19 will usually experience at least one of these main symptoms. 

What should PEOPLE DO IF THEY develop these symptoms?

If you or someone in your household develops the main symptoms of COVID-19 (listed above) they should stay at home and avoid contact with others until they feel able to resume their normal activities and no longer have a high temperature.

What should PEOPLE DO IF THEY test positive for COVID-19?

Although the legal requirement to self-isolate in the case of a COVID-19 infection has now ended, the UK Health Security Agency has issued clear advice that schools should continue to ask confirmed cases to stay at home for 3-5 days.

• Adults who test positive for COVID-19 should stay at home and avoid contact with others for 5 days (or until they feel better and no longer have a temperature if this takes longer than 5 days)
• Under 18s who test positive for COVID-19 should stay at home and avoid contact with others for 3 days (or until they feel better and no longer have a temperature if this takes longer than 5 days)

Children can continue to attend school if a parent, sibling or any other member of their household tests positive for COVID-19. However, if it is not possible for your child/children to continue attending because, for instance, adults are too unwell or self-isolation of positive cases means they cannot be safely transported to and from the school site, the school will mark this as an authorised absence and provide learning resources as required.

The Department for Education guidance states that, should a parent/carer insist on their child attending school even though they have symptoms of COVID-19, or have tested positive for COVID-19, the school has the right to refuse the pupil if the school feels this is necessary in order to protect other pupils and staff from possible infection.

What is the school doing to minimise the risk of transmission in school?

• The children are washing their hands with soap and water or hand sanitiser regularly throughout the day.
• Doors and windows are opened wherever possible to improve ventilation, with CO2 monitors used to check air quality and where further measures to increase ventilation are required.
• Perspex screens have been fitted to the desks in the main school office.
• The school participates in a weekly call with Oxfordshire County Council  in order to keep up to date with the latest local data and national advice.

Additional measures introduced in the case of a COVID-19 outbreak may include:

Changes to School Routines:

• Temporary suspension of communal events – assemblies. These will be held online.

Further Enhanced Cleaning:

• Increase the frequency of the cleaning so that it happens at the end of the morning session as well as at the end of the school day (by the school cleaner).

Communicating with Parents/Carers:

• Use of ‘Warn and Inform’ letter templates to communicate with parents.