Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance
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Find guidance about coronavirus (COVID-19) for health professionals and other organisations.
Change made
Added COVID-19: guidance for managing a funeral during the coronavirus pandemic.
Time updated
12:48pm, 19 April 2020
Guidance updated to support the safe management of funerals
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Further guidance for those managing or organising funerals during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
Change made
First published.
Time updated
12:50pm, 19 April 2020
Supporting vulnerable children and young people during the coronavirus outbreak
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Guidance for education settings and local authorities about children supported through social care, with EHC plans or identified as vulnerable by their school or local authority.
Change made
Clarifications to the existing guidance including the actions to be taken for each group around their attendance or otherwise at an education setting. We have not changed the groups included in the definition of vulnerable children.
Time updated
5:00pm, 19 April 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): SEND risk assessment guidance
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Guidance for special schools, specialist colleges, local authorities and any other settings managing children and young people with complex special educational needs and disability (SEND).
Change made
First published.
Time updated
5:02pm, 19 April 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings
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Guidance and advice about coronavirus (COVID-19) in educational settings for staff, parents and carers, pupils and students.
Change made
Added ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): SEND risk assessment guidance’.
Time updated
6:40pm, 19 April 2020
What parents and carers need to know about schools and education during the coronavirus outbreak
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Information for parents and carers about educational provision for critical workers, school closures, exams, free schools meals and home schooling.
Change made
Updated information on support for parents, online resources and vulnerable children.
Time updated
6:47pm, 19 April 2020
Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
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What schools need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Change made
Updated information on online resources and remote learning, workforce, and vulnerable children.
Time updated
8:31pm, 19 April 2020
Return flights for most vulnerable Britons from New Zealand
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New Government charter flights will bring home the most vulnerable Britons stranded in New Zealand this week with three flights from Auckland and two from Christchurch.
Change made
First published.
Time updated
9:01pm, 19 April 2020