Welcome to Littleover Community School

Consent forms for COVID-19 Testing in School

Posted 20th January 2021

Further to the information sent last Friday regarding Covid-19 testing in school, please return your Consent Forms as soon as possible if you are consenting to your child being tested in school.

Students aged 16 and above can consent themselves, after discussion with their parent/carer. We are planning to begin testing of students on Monday 25th January and I will be sending a further update confirming times and dates of testing for each Year Group on Friday.

The Secretary of State has this morning officially instructed schools to pause testing of close contacts. As a school, we had already decided we would not be offering daily tests to close contacts, so our position has not changed. Asymptomatic testing of students attending school will continue as planned, every 3-5 days where consent has been provided.

J. Wilding

Acting Headteacher

Positive COVID-19 Test

Posted 20th January 2021

An LCS Student in Year 8 has tested positive for COVID-19. Parents and close contacts of the students have been contacted as per Public Health England procedure.

To all Year 8 Parents/Carers,

J. Wilding

Acting Headteacher

Update from Mr Wilding - 18th January

Posted 18th January 2021

Mr Wilding has sent out an update to parents/carers.

To all parents and carers.

Greetings, from LCS. Welcome to another working week.

A very brief update from me today, to clarify a couple of issues around Covid-19 testing in school and to make you all aware of the Ofqual Consultation on the awarding of GCSE and A level grades for summer 2021.

On Friday, you should have received an email containing information about the Covid-19 testing programme, as well as a copy of our Privacy Notice and a Consent Form. The Consent Form is a standard form which can be found on the government information portal. There is no option on the form for anyone not giving their consent, so anyone not consenting to the testing programme simply doesn't return it.

We became aware towards the middle of last week that there was considerable debate around the use of the Lateral Flow tests for close contacts. The DfE plan is for schools to test close contacts once a day for 7 days, to avoid the need for individuals to self-isolate. There is controversy around this aspect of testing, however, and some Local Authorities as well as teaching Unions are advising against schools using on-site testing for this purpose; the number of false-negatives the test could create has raised concern over it being used for testing of close contacts.

At LCS, we will be offering tests to staff once a week and to students currently attending once every 3-5 days, but we will not be offering daily tests to close contacts. As we were aware of this issue, there is no mention of close contact testing in the letter from Friday and we have removed reference to it from the Consent Form. In the event of positive Covid-19 cases, close contacts will be asked to self-isolate, as was the case last term.

You will be aware that Ofqual have launched a consultation around the awarding of GCSE and A level grades this summer. They want to hear from schools, students and parents/carers, before final decisions are made on this. If you would like to read, or contribute to, the consultation, Please use the link, below:

OFQUAL A-Level and GCSE Consultation

I will be in touch again in a few days with further updates. Please also continue to check our social media sites.

Have a good week.

Keep safe.

J. Wilding

Acting Headteacher

Ask for Ani - Domestic Abuse Codeword Scheme

Posted 18th January 2021

The LCS Safeguarding and Wellbeing department would like to make people aware of a new government scheme for those experiencing domestic abuse.

As part of the scheme, anyone can go into a pharmacy and ask for ‘Ani’ and will then be supported by trained staff.

Ask for ANI scheme - Information

Don't forget, the LCS website has links to many other support organisations on our Safeguarding and Wellbeing pages.

Year 9 Virtual Options Evening

Posted 8th January 2021

Due to the Coronavirus situation, this year's LCS Year 9 Options Evening is a virtual event. The event comprises of several presentations and can be viewed online.

You can find the information under Parents > Year 9 Options.

Summer GCSE/A-level Exam Timetables

Posted 23rd November 2020

The timetables for the GCSE and A-level exams in Summer 2021 are now available to download.

You can download a copy from the Exams page.

Welcome to Littleover Community School. I am lucky enough to have worked at the school since September 2000 and I am delighted to have been asked by Governors to take the role of Acting Headteacher from January 2020 until July 2021.

We are a large comprehensive secondary school, located to the south west of the City of Derby, close to the main transport routes of the A38 and A50. We pride ourselves on the excellent teaching we provide for all our students, as well as the care and support all students receive to help them achieve their best.

We are committed to a broad and balanced curriculum and our students have achieved outstanding results at both GCSE and A Level for many years now. We also believe in providing all our students with wider opportunities for learning and developing through their work in the classroom, as well as access to extra-curricular opportunities in sport and performing arts.

I hope you find our website informative and easy to use. We are always happy to receive ideas of how we can improve our service to parents, carers, students and our community and if you have any ideas or questions about anything on our website, or more widely about the school, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you would like a paper copy of our school brochure, please provide your name and address for a copy to be posted to you.

Littleover Community School.
Learning, Caring, Succeeding.

Mr J. Wilding
Acting Headteacher