Covid-19

If you receive a positive test result outside of school office hours, please notify the school using: covid19@goring.w-sussex.sch.uk 

To view our risk assessment click here.

Covid-19 information leaflet for parents letter (30th September) 

To view our parents' guide to Microsoft Team click here.

To view our "Information about Remote Education" document click here.

What makes a Covid Contact?

The West Sussex Public Health team has produced the following summary from the guidance on when an individual would be considered a contact of a confirmed positive case in school, requiring them to self-isolate.

Length of time: being within a 2m proximity for 15 minutes or more on a single day - please note this can be cumulative (for e.g. three lots of 5 minutes)

Distance: being within 1m of an infectious person and: 

• having a face to face conversation
• being coughed on
• having skin to skin contact
• a minute or longer without a face to face interaction
• Sharing a small vehicle: for any length of time with a positive case in their two week infectious period

Household contact:  Living in the same house as a positive case