Dear Parents and Carers

I wrote to you before half term about the plans for the return of Year 10, and since then the government has issued further guidance for secondary schools. This guidance makes clear that “remote education will continue to be the predominant form of education delivery for these year groups” and that “schools should have flexibility to implement face-to-face support for Year 10 and Year 12 pupils in the way that best suits their “circumstances”.

The guidance also states that this support should not begin before Monday 15th June at the earliest and that only a maximum of 25% of the year group are allowed to be in school on any one day.

Please see detailed DFE guidelines for secondary schools below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-the-wider-opening-of-schools-from-1-june/planning-guide-for-secondary-schools

On this basis, the plan we wrote to you about prior to half term has had to change. We have now established what, we hope, will be the final plan for offering Year 10 students some on site learning.

From Monday 15th June we will be inviting all Year 10 students to return to school for one day a week. The year group will be divided into four groups so that we only have 25% of the year group on site at any one time, in accordance with guidelines.
Students do not have to attend and may continue to work remotely from home if parents/carers prefer but I strongly believe that all of our Year 10 students should be given the opportunity to attend school again, even in this reduced format.
It is important that we know which students will be returning to us from Monday 15th June to enable safe and secure planning of both the school site and lesson delivery. Therefore, can you please complete the online form via the link below for your child by Monday 8th June 3.00pm. As a reminder, the safety information and the risk assessment outlined in my last email can be found here.
Please also indicate the mode of transport your child will be using as public transport is not advised and government have requested that we take journeys to and from school into consideration when planning what we are able to offer.

If parents/carers do not complete the form below by the deadline, then we will assume that the student will not be attending Oaks Park High School from Monday 15th June and that the student will continue to learn remotely from home.
https://forms.gle/kXQFxjmPg7Nywdf77

As always, many thanks for your understanding, patience and support at this difficult time. We will continue to do our best to offer Year 10 a high standard of remote education but we are pleased that we are now able to invite students into school in a minimal way whilst following strict DFE guidance. We will continue to follow government advice regarding schools closely and if any significant aspect of advice changes, we will inform parents and carers as soon as possible.

Please see the following pages for a more detailed overview of our school opening proposals for Year 10, including additional health and safety arrangements. These must be followed stringently for the time being and it would be appreciated if you could discuss the safety plan with your child before they return to on-site learning. Guidance is very clear that we should not have students on-site who do not follow health and safety guidelines.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr A Amin

Headteacher