Ditton Primary School is following the advice of Public Health England (PHE) and the Local Authority to ensure that everything that can be done is being done to protect the health of students, staff and visitors. The School receives the latest advice and guidance from the Department for Education, and updates and responds appropriately to any recommendations. The current advice to schools is that we should continue to actively support the campaign to promote good hygiene but should not be unduly worried about the possibility of our students catching the Coronavirus.
At this time, no-one at our school has presented with any symptoms and there is no reason why your child should not continue to attend school.
The School advises all parents to regularly review the latest government public information at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public . click HERE to be taken to this webpage.
The Department for Education has launched a new helpline [available Monday to Friday, 08:00 – 18:00] to answer questions about the Coronavirus in schools. You can contact this helpline by: Phone: 0800 046 8687 or Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk.
If you think you have symptoms of the Coronavirus, you should call NHS 111 for advice or 999 if it is an emergency. Do NOT go directly to your GP or other healthcare providers. The NHS Coronavirus public information notice has been placed in all public areas of the School.
The School will continue to reinforce with students to “catch it, bin it, kill it” as well as promoting good hand hygiene through Assemblies and PSHE lessons.
We will continue to follow official advice and keep you advised of any further developments.
Full Reopening of School (September 2020)
We are delighted to welcome back all of our pupils! Please find the details of reopening below:
Wider reopening of Ditton Primary to more pupils
Please find below details of our plans to reopen our school to Reception children. Please note the proposed start date has changed to Monday 15th June 2020.
Please find below details of our plans to reopen our school to Year 1 children from Monday 22nd June 2020,
Please find below details of our plans to reopen our school to Year 5 from Monday 6th July 2020.
Please find below details of our plans to reopen our school to Year 6 from Wednesday 8th July 2020.
We continue to offer child care provision for our key workers' and vulnerable children. As we move forwards with our plans for a wider reopening of our school, we have had to make a few changes to some of the day-to-day arrangements. Please read the information below for further details:.
7/06/2020
Please find an update regarding the delay to the wider opening of our school .
COVID-19 UPDATES
This page will contain all of the latest updates since the announcements around partial school closures.
Please keep checking this page to ensure you are fully up to date with all news.
22/05/2020
Please find below a letter detailing our arrangements for a proposed planned return for children in collaboration with Halton schools.
15/05/2020
We have added a letter from Halton Borough Council to all parents and carers to update you on the Government’s recent announcement and conditional plans for schools opening to more children. It can be found in the documents section below. This letter has also been shared with parents/carers via the MySchoolApp.
11/05/2020
Following the Prime Ministers announcement on 10 May our school will remain open to only key worker and vulnerable children until further notice. We are going to expand our schools on site educational provision in a planned and measured way. This will be in a phased return. We are currently awaiting detailed guidance as promised by the Government and will act upon this to ensure the safety and security of all pupils, staff and visitors. We will keep parents and carers fully informed moving forwards.
20/03/2020
Please click HERE to find out about the new guidance we have ben given regarding Key Workers. If you think you child falls in to the Key Workers category, please email Mrs Fenton directly on ditton.head@wpat.uk.
We have addedd a letter from Halton Borough Council sent to all schools today. The link is below. We have also added our own letter.
16/03/2020
We have been given Stay at home: guidance for people with confirmed or possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection from Halton Borough Council. Please click the link at the bottom of this page to read this information.
6/03/2020
Annex to Ditton Primary Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy as a result of partial school closure in response to COVID-19
We are encouraging more staff to work from home. While staff are working at home, we need to continue our duty of care for all staff and children during this time. We are putting these measures in place to ensure correct safeguarding takes place.
Contacting Us
If you require any additional information please contact us using the following email address:
School Office. ditton.office@wpat.uk