Travelling / Holiday Advice

With summer holidays approaching, please note the guidance on attendance, travelling and quarantining on return from holiday.

Travelling

Anyone planning to travel abroad should check the details of the green, amber and red lists of countries.

When visiting places on the green list all travellers must take a COVID-19 test on their return and then will not need to quarantine unless the test result is positive.

The government advises that people should not travel to amber and red list places and anyone who does travel to or through an amber or red list country is required to quarantine on their return. This includes school pupils and students. If a holiday or quarantine period coincides with term time, this absence may be unauthorised and could lead to a penalty notice. Schools are not required to provide remote learning for students who are quarantining following travel abroad. Please consider this information when arranging holidays over the summer break.

Attendance

Attending school is really important for children and young people’s educational progress and their wellbeing. It is important that they attend school every day.

Permission for leave during term time can only be given by the Headteacher and parents can be fined for taking their children on holiday during term-term without the school’s permission. A request for leave during term time may be made in writing to the Headteacher. To be able to grant leave, the Headteacher must receive the request for leave in advance and be satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances relating to the application.

To view our Attendance Policy please follow this link - https://springfield.uk.net/images/files/misc/Attendance_Policy_2020-21.pdf

Thank you for your cooperation and ongoing support.