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Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people
Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance recording for educational settings
COVID-19: free school meals guidance
COVID-19: school closures
Coronavirus (COVID-19): early years and childcare closures
Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers
Coronavirus (COVID-19): cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): travel advice for educational settings
Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update
National Cyber Security Centre - home working guidance
Please keep your Get Information About Schools contacts up to date
(To update your record, please go to the GIAS home page, sign in using your 'DfE Sign-in' credentials and select GIAS from your available services)
Coronavirus (COVID-19): apprenticeship programme response
Coronavirus (COVID-19): maintaining further education provision
We know a lot of you are concerned about how to manage admission appeals over the coming weeks. This is understandable and it is clear we need to agree a way forward which takes into consideration the requirements around administration of admission appeals, consistency of approach but also considers the current situation on Covid-19.
As I am sure you know, the requirements around how appeals are carried out are very detailed and failure to comply can result in maladministration complaints. That is why we need to ensure that any alternative arrangements are suitable but also flexible enough to allow appeals to go ahead if possible. This is why we are now working at pace with our lawyers to identify whether we can introduce emergency regulations and guidance.
We have agreed that any appeals related questions should be emailed to Queries.ADMISSIONS@education.gov.uk . Please only email if urgent as we will keep you informed as we develop this work.
OCR updates - 20 March
As of 24 March 2020 the Positive Choices office will no longer be open and the team will move to home working. In light of the current situation with COVID-19 there will be changes to the way that we deliver our service to young people, parents and professionals. Positive Choices will be delivering all interventions and group work packages via a variety of digital platforms including our social media forums and our YouTube (Positive Choices Coventry) channel which will be free and available to all not just our service users.
We are still accepting referrals and are in contact with all of the service users currently open to the service. A poster is available with all of the contact numbers of the team to either be displayed and shared with families that may need support.
Positive Choices are still available to attend any conferences via video link, available for telephone consultations and can still provide a virtual co-location if required.
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If you have any comments, please let us know by contacting lucy.lambert@coventry.gov.uk.
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