Social Distancing Measures

Key Issues

Reducing Class Sizes

Bubble Groups

Boarders and Day Pupils Apart

Minimising Students in Communal Areas

Packed Meals Roedean’s Approach

Altered classroom layouts will maximise the distance between all teachers and students

The maximum pupil capacity of each classroom will be reduced to allow for greater distance between students

There are a number of open and spacious study spaces in the School

The number of bubble groups to which a student belongs could be minimised to reduce the number of student contacts

Given the nature of the School, keeping boarders and day pupils apart will not be possible, but efforts will be made to reduce the mixing between groups

There will be no large gatherings in communal areas of the School, such as the Boarding Houses or the Theatre

Staggered lunchtimes will minimise groups mixing in the Dining Rooms

Students will be able to choose to eat a packed meal instead of eating in the Dining Rooms

Reducing the Numbers of Visitors

Single Boarding Rooms

Isolation Facilities on site

Minimising Trips and Sports

Our security gate controls and restricts access to visitors from outside the School

All visitors to the school site will undergo checks and be required to use hand sanitiser

The majority of boarders have their own single rooms, and, as far as possible, we will endeavour to ensure that this is the case for overseas boarders

The School has an Isolation Facility on site – see the next section for further details

All activities in School will be thoroughly risk-assessed

Updated protocols on school excursions are in place

Creative and fun fitness-based exercises may replace team sport, if necessary

Only non-contact sports will be permitted, if necessary

The size of the school site provides adequate space for healthy exercise at a safe distance from others

Fitness and exercise programmes will be available on line for the students to access independently