What, if any, 'face to face support' will your school be offering for years 10 and 12?

My year 12 is due in for 2hours per a level each week so for them it will be 3 afternoons plus 1 morning for further maths. They are in a really small sixth form though so all his classes are less then 15 people anyway. The year 10s are to be split in to 2 groups and come in for 2 hours each morning on alternate weeks. I think that means there will be a maximum of 90 kids in the mornings and less then 60 in the afternoons so hopefully lots of space to spread them out in a school that normally has around 1000 pupils.

Geoff Barton of ASCL issued advice today saying he thought (after meeting with scientists ) that years 10 and 12 should not be in school at all until September and certainly not in large numbers.

What really is the point of sending year 10/12 in full time if they are unable to sit their option choices? Surely it's just wasting time when they could be doing work for their option choices at home? I fully support the odd welfare/keeping in touch day, but can only see having full time as detrimental as students will be losing time they can focus on their options, as if classes cant move around and mix with multiple teachers, it will be impossible for them to have teaching in the correct subjects

Woby- The guidance that says no rotas is for primary schools. For secondary it says “From 1 June 2020, we expect that secondary schools and colleges will be able to offer some face to face contact with year 10 and year 12 pupils. This will not be a return to full timetables or pupils back in school or college full time, rather some support to supplement pupils’ remote education. In line with implementing protective measures and reducing contacts, schools and colleges should limit the attendance of the year 10 and 12 cohort in the setting at any one time and to keep students in small groups as set out in our guidance.”

This was published by Dept. for Education:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020

This part seems to have a lot of the rules in:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-protective-measures-in-education-and-childcare-settings/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-protective-measures-in-education-and-childcare-settings

Though don't know if there will be more guidance.

Interesting that two posters have schools running rotas when that's about the only clear guidance that they've been told not to do any form of rota(presumably due to impact on workers arranging their returns to work rather than the children)

We've heard nothing (private school) Had an email about primary return but not senior or 6th form.
Dd yr 12 is getting full lessons via teams every day. But the most she has in any of her classes is 7 so would be very easy for them to social distance if needed. I hope we hear something soon though!

Unless I have missed something?

I don't think it gives anything like that detail! It just says 'begin to prepare fro some face to face support to supplement online learning'

Although of course the guidance is not legally binding so school could go against it at their own risk

Two lines of guidance for secondary is in the overall guidance. It states whole year groups not in at once so full teaching days for all at once are not permitted

DS's school back in session for year 10 and 12 after the half term. They have been having a fell on-line schedule prior to this.

We’ve had an email asking us if we’d send them in and then another email to tell us that we shouldn’t compare school provisions because it’s not a fair comparison/it felt like a cop out and a telling off at the same time- why do schools always seem to communicate like that - it really pisses me off! I am looking forward to never dealing with teachers again / I’m sure they won’t miss me either. 😂

Ours are not going back for regular lessons, but will have one to one sessions with each of their subject teachers. Sounds like a good idea, but could probably be done by FaceTime for most people to make it less risky for both teachers and students. However, I understand that for safeguarding reasons they’re not using video calls.

We're still waiting for government guidance.

yr 10 ,had a email today for a possible return on the 15th june ,8 pupils per classroom ,3 hours a day but staggered start times ,no school bus to get them there, local buses are only allowing 11 people on the bus any way, parents have to drop off /pick up so that no one is hanging about , the area and it would be core subjects only but no new learning, as I don't drive and I am working full time anyway , I guess I wont be sending her

@Pumpkintopf it is more for parents rather than schools

www.gov.uk/guidance/help-secondary-school-children-continue-their-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR3ygFxK7DWSkBkMZns2c6I7trS2t2dDz6PUw63Bq3cnjF36XrKlCI03h4U

One in Y12 and one in Y8. Same as many of the other posters, maintaining online teaching and not opening the school. Honestly I'm pleased, we are been so impressed with the quality of the online timeline and the support provided by the staff.

The guidance has been published, but basically says more guidance to follow!

Y12 , not expecting them to be going into college at all this summer term.

Y10, some face to face teaching for small groups, for only a couple of subjects per students.

The one positive thing the HT is that the staff aren't taking the hardline stance of the teaching unions .

The specific Secondary guidance was supposed to come out by the government at the beginning of this week but it hasn’t.
I’d ‘hold fire’ on exact plans of ‘face to face teaching’ until that happens, from any school.

Y10. From 15th June one day a fortnight in a group of 11. Don't know which subjects will be taught on that day. 1 MS Teams lesson per subject per week starting after half term too.