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Guidance Remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Remote education resources for teachers
We have published an initial list of online educational
resources covering various subjects and age
groups that have been recommended by teachers and school leaders.
The BBC
Bitesize Daily has been
developed by the BBC to provide new lessons every weekday for pupils in year 1
to year 10. Created in collaboration with teachers and educational experts,
its videos and interactive activities cover core subjects and other topics on
the school curriculum. Content is available for free on television, online and
through BBC iPlayer.
Oak National Academy
Schools might also consider using resources from Oak National
Academy, which was created by teachers from
schools across England in response to school closures. This free resource for
teachers will provide the equivalent of 3 hours of lessons a day for primary
school pupils and 4 hours a day for secondary across a variety of subjects.
Lessons have been created by practising teachers, combining videos, quizzes
and worksheets.
Schools can download the Oak schools
pack, which provides guidance
and videos to share should schools want to use Oak as part of their remote
education plans. Packs are available for primary, secondary and specialist
schools, and include the full Oak curriculum (until the end of the summer
term) to help schools plan.
Guidance Remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Guidance on remote education during coronavirus
Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote
education strategies and teaching remotely.

Remote education practice for schools during coronavirus (COVID-19)
An opportunity for schools to learn from each other’s emerging practice as
they develop their approaches to providing remote education.

Get technology support for children and schools during coronavirus
(COVID-19)
The Department for Education is working in partnership with an industry
coalition to provide technology to support remote education.
Guidance Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Personal data and GDPR
Schools and colleges should continue to follow the guidance outlined in the
data protection: toolkit for
schools when managing personal data and may need to consider:

taking care not to share contact details when emailing multiple people
being careful when sharing usernames and other personal data for access to online resources
providing access to school data systems safely

Read the other guidance on remote education during coronavirus
(COVID-19).
Guidance Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Communicating with parents, carers and pupils
Where education is now having to take place remotely, it’s important for
schools, teachers and pupils to maintain professional practice as much as
possible. When communicating online with parents and pupils, schools should:

communicate within school hours as much as possible (or hours agreed with the school to suit the needs of staff)
communicate through the school channels approved by the senior leadership team
use school email accounts (not personal ones)
use school devices over personal devices wherever possible
advise teachers not to share personal information
Guidance Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Providing pastoral care remotely
Helping parents, carers and pupils to make a weekly plan or structure that
includes time for education, playing and relaxing is important to reduce
stress and anxiety for families.
As set out in Public Health England’s guidance for parents and
carers, routine can give children and young people an
increased feeling of safety in the context of uncertainty.
Schools might want to consider whether one-to-one sessions could be
appropriate in some circumstances. For example, to provide pastoral care or
provide support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities
(SEND).
This should be discussed and approved by the senior leadership team to assess
any risks. There may be helpful solutions, such as including a parent or
additional staff member in the call.
Guidance Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Virtual lessons and live streaming
Should schools choose to provide remote education using live streaming or pre-
recorded videos, guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on
which video conference service is right for your
school and using video conferencing services
securely could help schools to set up video conferencing safely, if this
is the chosen approach.
In addition, guidance from the UK Safer Internet Centre on safe remote
learning includes
detailed advice on live, online teaching, and the safeguarding guidance from
London grid for learning (LGfL)
includes platform-specific advice.
Teaching from home is different to teaching in the classroom. Teachers should
try to find a quiet or private room or area to talk to pupils, parents or
carers. When broadcasting a lesson or making a recording, consider what will
be in the background.
In some areas, schools may also be able to seek support from their local
authority when planning online lessons and activities, and considering online
safety.
Guidance Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reporting concerns
It is essential to have and communicate clear reporting routes so that
children, teachers, parents and carers can raise any safeguarding concerns.
Schools may wish to review the existing arrangements to ensure they are
appropriate during school closures, or if additional or alternative
arrangements need to be put in place.
Schools should consider signposting to the practical support that’s available
for reporting harmful or upsetting content as well as bullying and online
abuse.
Harmful or upsetting content
Get support by:

reporting harmful online content to the UK Safer Internet Centre
getting government advice and trusted resources from Educate Against Hate on safeguarding from radicalisation, building resilience to extremism, and promoting shared values

Bullying or abuse online
You can:

get advice on reporting online abuse from the National Crime Agency’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection command
get advice and support from Anti-Bullying Alliance for children who are being bullied

Schools may also wish to use resources such as
Tootoot to provide a confidential route for pupils
to report bullying or abuse.
Schools can access the free Professionals Online Safety
Helpline which supports the online safeguarding of both children and
professionals. Call 0344 381 4772 or email
helpline@saferinternet.org.uk. The
helpline is open from Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm.
Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
How schools can access funding
Funding will be available to cover costs relating to specific items. These
items are ones we judge are likely to be necessary to allow schools to provide
appropriate support to those children who will continue to attend school under
the current arrangements.
Funding will be available to schools that are unable to meet such additional
costs from their existing resources, or which they could only meet by drawing
down on reserves and undermining their long-term financial sustainability.
While we are not asking schools to draw on existing reserves to meet these
costs, we do not expect schools to make a claim against this funding if they
are anticipating that they will be able to add to their reserves in the 2020
to 2021 financial year.
We are asking schools to make the necessary payments from their existing
budgets and record these in line with local finance policies. In June, we will
publish further guidance for schools on the process for informing us of any
additional costs relating to coronavirus (COVID-19). We understand the
significant challenges schools are facing at present and will therefore make
the process for reporting this information as simple as possible. We will then
make payments – direct to academies, or to local authorities to pass onto
their schools – to reimburse schools for costs they apply for up to the limits
set out below.
Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
Additional costs covered by the fund
We understand this is a very challenging time for schools. We encourage all
schools to continue to manage their budgets in the most effective way
possible, and to redirect their existing resources to best support all their
pupils, particularly vulnerable children and children of critical workers, in
the current circumstances.
We have identified areas where we believe is it most likely that schools may
face additional costs, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
These are:

increased premises related costs (including utilities and resources needed to keep the school open, such as hygiene services) associated with keeping schools open during the Easter and/or summer half term holidays, for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers, over and above the costs that schools would have faced in other circumstances
support for free school meals (FSM) for eligible children who are not attending school , where those costs are not covered by the FSM national voucher scheme - this covers: 
costs to schools arising before the introduction of the national voucher scheme
costs where schools are providing free meals to children for whom the national voucher scheme is inappropriate (for example, because there are no participating supermarkets locally or schools are providing meals directly)


additional cleaning – required due to confirmed or suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, in line with COVID-19: cleaning of non-healthcare settings, over and above the cost of existing cleaning arrangements

If a school faces other, extraordinary costs to deliver appropriate support to
their pupils through this period that are not covered by this list and cannot
be met by existing budgets, they should contact
DfE.CoronavirusHelpline@education.gov.uk.
Other queries should continue to be directed towards central enquiry channels.
Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
Funding allowances
Where they need to, schools will be eligible to claim up to the limits set out
below. Schools will need to provide assurance that costs are legitimate
additional costs incurred due to coronavirus (COVID-19) by taking necessary
measures and should consider the following before submitting claims:

schools should keep records of all expenditure relating to coronavirus (COVID-19), as is usual with all spend, these records will be necessary for local audit arrangements
the headteacher or school business manager who submits the claim should give due consideration to their financial duties when doing so, including signing their name against any claim
we would expect schools to be able to identify this income, and the related expenditure, when reporting their accounts

We want the claims process to be as simple and as user friendly as possible,
recognising the additional work schools are already facing.
We will not be asking for detailed information of the individual items on a
claim routinely, but schools should hold a record of what has been covered, in
case of individual enquiries.
As usual, we reserve the right to audit the expenditure and clawback money if
claims have not been made in accordance with the guidance, in order to protect
public spending.
Limits for schools
Mainstream schools
250 pupils or fewer
£25,000
Mainstream schools
251 to 500 pupils
£30,000
Mainstream schools
501 to 1000 pupils
£50,000
Mainstream schools
Over 1000 pupils
£75,000
Mainstream schools
Special schools and alternative provision
Mainstream schools
All schools
£50,000
Pupil numbers will be defined by the following data:

2 to 4 year olds – headcount of funded places from January 2020
5 to 16 year olds – headcount from October 2019 census
16 to 19 year olds – pupil numbers from 2019 to 2020 academic year allocations

These limits have been set to ensure that few schools will be likely to exceed
them, and we do not expect there to be many schools who need to spend up to
these limits.
There may be some exceptional instances where individual schools will face
additional costs that are higher than these limits. In these circumstances,
schools will be able to make a case for increasing the limit when they submit
a claim for additional funding.
Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
Expectations of schools
Schools will continue to receive their budgets for the coming year as usual,
regardless of any periods of partial or complete closure, and this will ensure
they are able to continue to pay for staff and meet their other regular
financial commitments, while delivering the provision required during this
unprecedented period.
Costs that are part of schools’ expected expenditure for the year but that
will not provide a benefit to the school or its pupils (such as exam fees,
where exams will not now take place) are not covered by the funding set out in
this guidance. This funding is focused on additional costs that schools face,
over and above their expected expenditure, in delivering appropriate support
for their pupils through this period.
We recognise that staff will need to be in school over the Easter and summer
half term holidays when they would usually not be working. In order to protect
staff wellbeing, and minimise any need for existing staff to work additional
hours in order to cover the holiday periods, schools should consider:

adopting rota systems to cover holidays, and offering staff time off in lieu for this
approaching the local authority or academy trust to check whether staffing support is available from other institutions
making appropriate use of their supply budget

If schools still have unavoidable additional staffing costs they should
discuss these with their Regional School Commissioner who will support them to
resolve the issue.
Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
Short-term support with costs
We recognise that some schools may be unable to make up-front payments to
cover the additional costs due to coronavirus (COVID-19) because of cash flow
issues. In these circumstances, schools should follow the normal process for
seeking short-term advances to support their cash flow by contacting the ESFA
if they are an academy, or their local authority if they are a maintained
school.
Any non-maintained special school with a cash flow difficulty should seek
advice from the ESFA in the first instance.
Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
Eligibility for this funding
Funding will be available for all state-funded mainstream and special schools,
and alternative provision, including:

primary, secondary and all through maintained schools, academies and free schools
16 to 19 academies and maintained schools
maintained special schools
special academies and free schools
non-maintained special schools
pupil referral units
alternative provision academies and free schools
maintained hospital schools and academies
Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
While you are self-isolating, make sure you do the following things
If you have pets in the household
At present, there is very limited evidence that companion animals or pets such
as dogs and cats can be infected with coronavirus (COVID-19).
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK is spread by human to human transmission.
There is emerging evidence that some animals can become infected with SARS-
CoV-2 (which causes coronavirus (COVID-19)) following close contact with
infected humans. At this time, there is no evidence that pets can transmit the
disease to humans.
Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
Main messages
If you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, OR you have
received a positive coronavirus (COVID-19) test result, the clear medical
advice is to immediately self-isolate at home for at least 7 days from when
your symptoms started. Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. You
should arrange to have a test to see if you have COVID-19 – go to
testing to arrange.
Consider alerting the people that you have had close contact within the last
48 hours to let them know you have symptoms of coronavirus COVID-19.
Following a positive test result, you will receive a request by text, email or
phone to log into the NHS Test and Trace service website and provide
information about recent close contacts
After 7 days, or longer, if you still have symptoms other than cough or loss
of sense of smell/taste, you must continue to self-isolate until you feel
better.
You do not need to self-isolate if you only have a cough or loss of sense of
smell/taste after 7 days, as these symptoms can last for several weeks after
the infection has gone. See the ending
isolation section below for more information.
If you live with others and you are the first in the household to have
symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), then you must stay at home for at least 7
days. All other household members who remain well must stay at home and not
leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the
first person in the household became ill. See the explanatory
diagram.
Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of
infection that people in your household could pass on to others in the
community.
If anyone else in the household starts displaying symptoms, they must stay at
home for at least 7 days from when their symptoms appeared, regardless of what
day they are on in their original 14-day isolation period. The ending
isolation section below has more information, and
see the explanatory
diagram.
If you have symptoms, you should stay as far away from other members of your
household as possible. It is especially important to stay away from anyone who
is clinically vulnerable or clinically extremely vulnerable with whom you
continue to share a household.
Reduce the spread of infection in your home by washing your hands regularly
for 20 seconds using soap and water, or use hand sanitiser, and cover coughs
and sneezes.
If you feel you cannot cope with your symptoms at home, or your condition gets
worse, or your symptoms do not get better after 7 days, then use the NHS 111
online coronavirus (COVID-19) service. If you do not
have internet access, call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.
If you develop new coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms at any point after ending
your first period of isolation (self or household) then you must follow the
same guidance on self-isolation again. The section below (After ending self-
isolation and/or household-isolation) has further information.
*[GP]: general practitioner (family doctor)
Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
While you are self-isolating, make sure you do the following things
Cover your coughs and sneezes
Cover your mouth and nose with disposable tissues when you cough or sneeze. If
you do not have a tissue, sneeze into the crook of your elbow, not into your
hand. Dispose of tissues into a disposable rubbish bag and immediately wash
your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds or use a hand sanitiser.
If you have a carer, they should use disposable tissues to wipe away any mucus
or phlegm after you have sneezed or coughed. Then they should wash their hands
with soap and water for 20 seconds.
Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
While you are self-isolating, make sure you do the following things
What you can do to help yourself get better
Drink water to keep yourself hydrated. You should drink enough during the day
so your urine is a pale clear colour.
You can use over-the-counter medications, such as paracetamol, to help with
some of your symptoms. Use these according to the instructions on the packet
or label and do not exceed the recommended dose.
Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
While you are self-isolating, make sure you do the following things
Living with children
We are aware that not all these measures will be possible if you are living
with children, but keep following this guidance to the best of your ability.
What we have seen so far is that children with coronavirus (COVID-19) appear
to be less severely affected. It is nevertheless important to do your best to
ensure that all members of your household follow this guidance.
Guidance Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
Ending self-isolation and household isolation
Ending household isolation
After 7 days, if the first person to become ill feels better and no longer has
symptoms other than cough or loss of sense of smell/taste they can return to
their normal routine.
If you live with others, then everyone else in the household who remains well
should end their isolation after 14 days. This 14-day period starts from the
day the first person in the household became ill. People in the household who
remain well after 14 days are unlikely to be infectious.
If anyone in the household becomes unwell during the 14-day period, they
should arrange to have a test to see if they have COVID-19 – go to
testing to arrange. If their test result is positive, they must follow
the same advice for people with coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms – that is,
after 7 days of their symptoms starting, if they feel better and no longer
have symptoms other than cough or loss of sense of smell/taste – they can also
return to their normal routine. However, if their test result is negative,
they must continue with isolation as part of the household for the full 14
days.
Should someone develop coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms late in the 14-day
household isolation period (for example, on day 10 or later) the isolation
period for the household does not need to be extended. Only the person with
new coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms has to stay at home for at least a further
7 days, and should arrange to have a test to see if they have COVID-19 – go to
testing to arrange.
At the end of the 14-day period, anyone in the household who has not become
unwell can return to their normal routine.
If any person in the household with coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms has not
had any signs of improvement and has not already sought medical advice, they
should use the NHS 111 online coronavirus (COVID-19)
service. If they do not have internet access, they
should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency, they should dial 999.
A cough or anosmia (a loss of, or change, in the sense of taste or smell), may
persist for several weeks in some people, despite the infection having
cleared. A persistent cough or anosmia does not mean someone must continue to
self-isolate for more than 7 days.