Early in the pandemic, we carried out a risk assessment and established our ‘Covid-19 Protocol‘ which implemented government requirements and, we believe, provided an environment for our volunteers in schools which was as safe ‘as is reasonably practical’. We agreed with all of our partner schools that they would perform their responsibilities under this protocol.
In spring and summer of 2021, as mass vaccination was rolled out and the government progressively reduced restrictions, we periodically reviewed and updated the Protocol, with the current version being from September 2021. The main provisions of the original Protocol requiring social distancing, good ventilation, and handwashing remain in place to provide appropriate minimisation of risk.