Government guidance to schools states that “When timetabling, groups should be kept apart and movement around the school site kept to a minimum”. We have therefore made the decision that for the start of term at least, students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be taught in their form class bases with teachers travelling to classrooms to deliver KS3 lessons. Students will engage with their PE lessons as usual and there will be limited movement within the Year 9 ‘bubble’ to facilitate setting arrangements. Year groups will be clustered in the following areas of school: Year 7 – Humanities and Languages Year 8 – Maths & RE Classrooms Year 9 – English Classrooms
Students in KS4 and KS5 will be able to access teaching rooms across school site. This is to facilitate access to specialist rooms and equipment necessary for external examination courses. Social distancing markers are in place across the school site and we have recalibrated the current one way system to ensure we are compliant with the Government guidance which states “While passing briefly in the corridor or playground is low risk, schools should avoid creating busy corridors, entrances and exits.”