Today's changes include closure of educational settings, school closures and keeping children safe in education. 

The Early Years, Childcare and Business Development Service have put together a brief guidance to support children in settings. 

Waltham Forest schools are requested to use the new monitoring spreadsheet which will be sent by the Education Performance and Information Team. This is in addition to reporting the numbers attending to the DfE. 

Updates regarding school closures, guidance on vulnerable children and safeguarding in schools

Following the COVID-19 guidance on free school meals sent out by the Government, Waltham Forest has produced the following guidance to support schools in the borough in meeting their obligation  that every eligible child has access to food throughout the current COVID-19 pandemic.  

Today's updates from Department for Education.

Today's document update from the Department for Education.

The council has been informed by Envirocure that there will be undertaking a temporary closure during the Lockdown Period.

The Key have launched a resource free to schools. This Hub of information shares a host of information on COVID-19. 

Information regarding critical workers, exams and grades and funding support for schools. 

Waltham Forest have devised a guidance to reduce infections in schools. The guidance includes guidance on general sanitising, hand washing, social distancing and cleaning after a suspected or confirmed infection. 

From Monday 23 March, educational settings will need to temporarily change their attendance recording practices. To minimise the burden on settings and ensure that only the most important information is submitted

Local Government Association have put together a guidance to support schools and councils to make decisions and manage the workforce implications for both teachers and school support staff as a result of the closure of their schools by the school day on Friday 20 March. 

London Grid for Learning (LGfL) is taking measures to support schools during this difficult period.

Guidance for schools, childcare providers, colleges and local authorities in England on maintaining educational provision.

Children and Family centre Partners, including Lloyd Park Children’s charity, NELFT, HENRY Citizen Advice in partnership with the local authority have made the decision, in light of COVID-19, to move services from face-to-face contact to a remote service. 

Guidance for schools and local authorities on free school meals arrangements during the COVID-19 outbreak.  

Update from National Joint Council regarding working from home for local authority staff.

Department for Education guidance on the requirements for meeting statutory SEND requirements in light of COVID-19.

The Secretary of State has allowed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector to temporarily suspend all routine inspections of schools, further education, early years and social care providers.

Information for Early Years Providers regarding funding for free childcare offer to continue in the event of COVID-19 closures.

This is updated guidance (16 March 2020) for education settings on coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Information for Ofsted registered Early Years and Childcare providers relating to potential impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus from the Council’s Early Years, Childcare and Business Development Service.

This guidance provides specific policy guidance on accessing early years funding payments for children during the current outbreak of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus). This policy does not replace the guidance on health or reporting protocols provided by DfE and Public Health England. 

Latest advice, number of cases in Waltham Forest and DfE advice line update. 

GOV.UK have published teaching resources for childcare and educational settings on hygiene.

Latest advice for schools and educational settings regarding COVID-19. 

As of Tuesday 25 February, the latest advice for returning travelers.

Additional advice regarding Coronavirus – Advice for all early years providers, schools and further education providers.

Public Health briefing for education settings on the Coronavirus.