Guidance for schools: coronavirus (COVID-19)

What school leaders, teachers and school staff need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Guidance for parents and carers

• Changes to schools and education during the coronavirus outbreak
• Schools and childcare providers staying open for critical workers
• Supporting your children’s education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
• What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges in the autumn term

Guidance for other providers

• Early years and childcare: coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • 17 June 2020
  • Collection
• Further and higher education: coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • 22 September 2020
  • Collection
• Local authority children’s services: coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • 2 July 2020
  • Collection

Day-to-day running of a school

• Schools and childcare settings: return in January 2021
  • 17 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Guidance for full opening: schools
  • 15 December 2020
• Providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
  • 16 November 2020
  • Guidance
• School attendance: guidance for schools
  • 14 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Changes to the school exclusion process during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
  • 17 September 2020

Safe working and protective measures

• Use of the NHS COVID-19 app in education and childcare settings
  • 6 November 2020
  • Guidance
• Face coverings in education
  • 27 November 2020
  • Guidance
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): test kits for schools and FE providers
  • 14 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Safe working in education, childcare and children’s social care
  • 14 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer travel guidance for passengers
  • 18 December 2020
  • Guidance

Special educational needs and disability (SEND)

• Guidance for full opening: special schools and other specialist settings
  • 14 December 2020
  • Guidance

Remote education and online learning

• Help with accessing and buying resources for remote education
  • 23 November 2020
  • Guidance
• Get help with technology during coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • 8 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Get help with remote education
  • 3 December 2020
  • Guidance

Finance and administration

• Changes to the admission appeals regulations during the coronavirus outbreak
  • 22 April 2020
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for education, early years and children’s social care
  • 17 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions
  • 15 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): changes to faith school admission arrangements
  • 24 July 2020
  • Guidance

Accountability and data collections

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): reducing burdens on educational and care settings
  • 1 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): school and college performance measures
  • 3 December 2020
  • Guidance
• School governance update
  • 2 December 2020
  • Correspondence

Exams and assessments

• Guidance to support the summer 2021 exams
  • 3 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Responsibility for autumn exams
  • 1 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Taking exams during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
  • 27 August 2020
  • Guidance
• School reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers
  • 18 June 2020
  • Guidance

Teacher training

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): initial teacher training (ITT)
  • 30 November 2020
  • Guidance
• Induction for newly qualified teachers during the coronavirus outbreak
  • 13 August 2020
  • Guidance

Changes to regulations or legislation

• Disapplication notice: school inspections legislation changes
  • 30 November 2020
  • Decision
• Modification notice: school registration legislation changes
  • 30 November 2020
  • Decision

Published 17 June 2020
Last updated 17 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 17 December 2020

   Added a link to ‘Schools and childcare settings: return in January 2021’.

2. 3 December 2020

   Added ‘Guidance to support the summer 2021 exams’ to the ‘Exams and assessments’ section.

3. 23 November 2020

   Added ‘Help with accessing and buying resources for remote education’ to the remote education section.

4. 22 September 2020

   Added ‘Use of the NHS COVID-19 app in schools and further education colleges’ guidance to the ‘Safe working and protective measures’ section.

5. 7 September 2020

   Added ‘Responsibility for autumn exams’. This includes information about the DfE exams support service about paying for exam fees, booking alternative sites and booking exam invigilation.

6. 26 August 2020

   Added ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): home test kits for schools and FE providers’ to the ‘Safe working and protective measures’ section.
7. 26 August 2020

   Added ‘Face coverings in education’ guidance in ‘Safe working and protective measures’ section.

8. 24 July 2020

   Added ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions’ and ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): changes to faith school admission arrangements’.

9. 20 July 2020

   Added ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium’.

10. 2 July 2020

    Added links to guidance on full opening from September 2020.

11. 30 June 2020

    Added guidance about the COVID Summer Food Fund to the collection.

12. 17 June 2020

    First published.

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