Thanks for your patience while we all wait for confirmation about how and when ECCC can re-open. At the time of writing (20/05/2020) the Implementation Toolkit promised by the Goverment is still yet to be published. We need this information to work out how many children can come back in each room, how many sessions they can do, what level of mixing is allowed, what additional staffing and cleaning requirements are needed and when returns will be possible. Without it, we cannot make meaningful plans or give parents reliable information. We have also received no confirmation of whether indefinitely switching to a less efficient operational model will be financially supported by the government or Local Authority.
Hopefully the toolkit will come out this week. If it does, we will need to digest it, make plans, check these plans with the Local Authority and get them signed off by the Centre’s trustees before then communicating with parents. A phased return will almost certainly be necessary and it is still possible that the whole re-opening project will be delayed by the goverment - as the 01/06 date will only be formally confirmed a few days in advance.