Vaccination Q&A session for young people
Warwickshire County Council and the NHS are inviting you to join a Virtual Q&A session about the COVID-19 Vaccine on:
Tuesday 14th December 2021 on Microsoft Teams at 5.00pm until 6.00pm.
Take the opportunity to ask questions and speak to staff from Public Health and Primary Care to address any concerns you may have about having the vaccine.
The event is open to anyone who wishes to join in, please join online
Click here to join the meeting
Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools
Funding to support schools facing significant staff absences and financial pressures with the costs of staff cover for the period from 22 November to 31 December 2021.
Guidance setting out the eligibility criteria and claims process for the COVID-19 workforce fund for schools. It applies to:
- primary, secondary and all through maintained schools, academies and free schools
- 16 to 19 academies and maintained schools
- maintained special schools, and special academies and free schools
- non-maintained special schools
- pupil referral units
- alternative provision academies and free schools
- maintained and academy hospital schools
Registered independent special schools and independent schools delivering alternative provision are also eligible to claim for staff they employ to support pupils whose placements are funded from local authorities’ high needs budgets.
Read here more.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for colleges
Funding to support colleges and special post-16 institutions with the costs of staff absences from 22 November to 31 December 2021.
The guidance sets out the eligibility criteria and claims process for the COVID-19 workforce fund for colleges. It applies to:
- general FE colleges
- sixth form colleges
- special post-16 institutions
Read here more.
Fake NHS email asking to order ‘Omicron PCR test kits’.
The DfE has warned that there is a fake NHS email being sent to education and childcare settings asking you to order ‘Omicron PCR test kits’.
The NHS will NEVER ask for bank details so please be aware of these suspicious emails or similar text messages.
Further information on how to spot and report scam emails, text messages and phone calls is available through the National Cyber Security Centre: