AST letters to parents can be found below:

28th January 2021 – Introduction to School Improvement Process

22nd January 2021 – Remote Learning Support for AST Parents

AST updates regarding corona virus can be found below:

21st April 2020 – AST COVID 19 update for parents 

20th April 2020 – COVID-19 – What parent need to know about schools and education during the corona virus outbreak

16 March 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

 We have all watched with concern as the incidence of COVID-19 steadily increases in the UK and around the world. As yet we have no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in any of Avanti’s schools but we anticipate this could well change in the coming days and weeks. We are keeping a close eye on the situation nationally, regionally and locally and we are in regular contact with school principals and other senior leaders.

If an individual school should need to close, we have detailed plans as to how this will be managed and how we will communicate with parents and other stakeholders. Should central government decide to close all schools nationally we anticipate we will have several days to implement a formal closure plan and establish learning platforms for students, details of which we will send to you separately should schools need to close.

We also recognise that this is an anxious time for parents/carers and that you may continue to have questions and queries about what closure might mean, about decisions that need to be taken to keep pupils and staff safe and healthy. We will provide what answers we can via a dedicated page on our website that will be frequently updated but if you have specific queries please direct them to the principal of your child’s school in the first instance.

We are in unprecedented circumstances where the need for compassion and understanding has rarely been more acute. We will continue to keep you updated and will always act in the best interests of the communities we are here to serve.

For your information, the links below provide the latest government and NHS guidance on COVID-19 that you might find useful:

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/best-way-to-wash-your-hands/

Kind regards,

Nitesh and Mike

Nitesh Gor OBE AST CEO      Mike Ion AST Education Director

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