Dear Parents/Carers
As you will appreciate it is a significant logistical challenge to relocate all our pupils and despite having robust emergency plans in place this situation is unprecedented.
Our priority is the safety of our pupils, and this requires rigorous health and safety checks, risk assessments and safeguarding protocols which all take time. We also require the necessary permissions to enter the school site to retrieve any resources we need, and this again takes time.
We would like to thank you for your continued patience and understanding. We wanted to ensure that the plans we put in place now are fit for purpose for the short – medium term as we do not yet have information on the timeframe to address the issue and we do not want to further disrupt pupil’s education by changing arrangements.
This week as previously advised Year 7 and Year 12 are in school the rest of the year groups will continue to access resources online Remote Learning (st-bedes.org)
As previously advised from Monday 11 September, arrangements will be as shown in the table below. We have tried to take a fair approach to this rota prioritising Year 7 and GCSE/A-Level Year pupils while ensuring all pupils get some face-to-face teaching.
| Day | Year Group Attending | Year group remote learning |
| Monday | 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 | 9 & 10 |
| Tuesday | 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 | 8 & 10 |
| Wednesday | 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 | 8 & 9 |
| Thursday | 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 | 9 & 10 |
| Friday | 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 | 7 & 8 |
Year groups will be in school on a rotation with virtual provision on the days they are not in school.
To access remote learning, your child needs to visit the school website where they will find resources for all lessons. When pupils are in school they will receive passwords and guidance on the use of Microsoft Teams in preparation for live lessons from Monday 18th September.
Sixth Form
Due to limited access to classrooms, Year 12 and Year 13 lessons will be delivered by St Bede’s & Byron staff at Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School adjacent to our school site. Students are permitted to study from home when they don’t have lessons.
We have also enclosed our Frequently Asked Questions sheet which we hope will answer any further queries you have, if you do need to contact us, please email enquiries@st- bedes.org and we will respond as soon as we are able.
Thank you for your continued support. Yours sincerely
Frances Cessford
Headteacher
