Coronavirus Statement - Fairfield College | Specialist College based in Wiltshire

COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) UPDATES FROM FAIRFIELD FARM COLLEGE

LAST UPDATED: 1 APRIL 2022

LATEST UPDATE FROM FAIRFIELD FARM COLLEGE

Changes to measures and guidance for managing COVID-19 in education and childcare settings from Friday 1 April

On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April.

Free COVID-19 tests will continue to be available for specific groups, including eligible patients and NHS staff, once the universal testing offer ends on Friday 1 April.

Updated guidance advises:

adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature
children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend
adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice will be 3 days

The population now has much stronger protection against COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. This means we can begin to manage the virus like other respiratory infections, thanks to the success of the vaccination programme and access to antivirals, alongside natural immunity and increased scientific and public understanding about how to manage risk.

From Friday 1 April:

regular asymptomatic testing is no longer recommended in any education or childcare setting, including in SEND, alternative provision and children’s social care settings. Therefore, settings will no longer be able to order test kits
residential SEND settings may be advised by their local health protection team to re-introduce some time-limited asymptomatic testing.

Vicky Dunnicliffe Graeme Athey

CEO Principal

PROCESS FOR VISITORS TO THE HOUSES

Visitor Information

To ensure staff can prepare residents and coordinate safe visits in good time, dates and times of visits will be organised in advance. Arrival times will be staggered to avoid overcrowding.
Visitors must wear medical grade facemasks.
PPE and antibacterial hand gel is available for use at entrances to the houses.
Communal areas should be well ventilated, and social distancing observed.
Visitors should not enter the house if they are experiencing symptoms of covid-19, or if they have been a close contact of a Covid positive case.
For longer visits, named visitors (Such as family and carers) to be encouraged to use the garden for meeting and socialising to promote safety. If the weather is poor, communal rooms must be allocated ahead of time.
For safeguarding reasons and safety in respect of Covid, visitors should not walk freely around the house without supervision.