Please find below the latest update from the Department of Education regarding out-of-school settings and the new limit on gatherings. From 14 September – when the new rules apply – it will be against the law to meet people you do not live with in a group larger than 6 (unless you are meeting as […]
New school year: NRCSE support for supplementary schools
Knowing that plenty of support on safeguarding is available in local authorities via Local Safeguarding Partnerships (LSPs) and Young People’s Foundations (YPFs) and government-funded projects such as Faith Associates and Strengthening Faith Institutions we are focusing on three developmental and interlinked areas right now at NRCSE. Governance: Continued focus on supporting supplementary schools in putting together […]
Guidance on re-opening out-of-school settings
As of 7 July, supplementary schools should follow principles in the general guidance from the Department for Education on re-opening out-of-school settings. In outline, these recommend that, to reduce the risk of transmission, children and young people who attend should be kept in small, consistent groups, and of no more than 15, including children and […]
Latest Government guidance on out-of-school settings
We are still waiting for the Government to issue guidance on safeguarding in out-of-school settings in general and Covid-19 risk assessment specifically for community settings. At the moment the Government line continues to be that out-of-school settings should not be operating face-to-face: At NRCSE we have drafted a risk assessment template for supplementary schools to […]
