Dear Families,

As promised, I am writing to you with a brief update relating to cases in the school today. As you may be aware, we have been informed of a student who has tested positive for covid-19 in Year 8. We have been able to review close contacts in school and this has resulted in several students being required to self-isolate. A smaller group of students have had to self-isolate as a result of confirmed cases in Years 9 and 10. There can be no guarantee that I won’t be writing to you either later this evening or tomorrow morning about further cases, so I apologise in advance for the disruption this is causing.

Those students who are self-isolating have been informed in advance of this letter being sent. Students in Year 8 who are not self-isolating can return to school as normal from tomorrow.

Students who are self-isolating should be able to access “hybrid” lessons via a Teams invite. If you are having any problems, please do not hesitate to make contact with the school and we will aim to remedy the problem as soon as possible.

It was widely reported in the news yesterday that there is updated guidance with regards to changes to self-isolation rules and schools. These are set to start from 16th August. This means that we are still operating the close contact guidelines which have been in place since the start of the year. I will update you in the next Headteacher’s Notes with an overview of what the updated guidance means for students in September.

In the meantime, should a positive test result emerge then please make contact with the school via e-mail on confirmedcase@tytheringtonschool.co.uk . Those who have been identified as close contacts are now being encouraged to go and get a PCR test.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. Thank you for your patience and support.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Emmanuel Botwe

Headteacher

ebotwe@tytheringtonschool.co.uk