Important – for the attention of all parents/carers

1. For the first 6 days after school closes (Saturday 19^th December 2020 to 24^th December 2020)  if your child tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), please inform the school by emailing enquiry@hillcrest.bham.sch.uk so that the school can notify any school close contacts of the positive case to self-isolate if needed.
2. After the 24^th December 2020 – If your child tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) – parents and carers should follow contact tracing instructions sent to you by NHS Test and Trace.
3. On Monday 4^th January 2021 - parents and carers should inform the school by emailing enquiry@hillcrest.bham.sch.uk or phoning the school between 9am and 3pm to inform us if your child has tested positive over the Christmas period and/or will not be returning on Tuesday 5^th January 2020 due to self-isolating or if their child is unwell for any other reason and is unable to attend school. 
4. Parents and carers of any students who are due to return to school on 5^th January having had a positive test and completed their self-isolation will be contacted by school on Monday 4^th January to check they are symptom free.

Week 1

Monday 31st August - Bank Holiday (No staff or students required in school)

Tuesday 1st September - Teacher Training Day 1 (No students required in school)

Wednesday 2nd September - Teacher Training Day 2 No students required in school, except

Year 13 Enrolment 1330 to 1430 in the OLC

Further details of the return to school process of reintegration and reorientation for students and COVID-19 control systems and measures will be sent in mid-August, so please check your ParentMail emails and the school website.

Thursday 3rd September  - Year 7 start school at 8.45 am (Year 7 Induction Day 1)

Parents Information Morning (Year 7) 9-11am

Friday 4th September  - Year 7 start school at 8.45 am (Year 7 Induction Day 2)

Year 12 Induction Day 0930 to 12noon

Week 2

Monday 7th September

Year 11 return to school at 8-45am

Year 10 return to school at 10am

Tuesday 8th September

Year 9 return to school at 8-45am

Year 8 return to school at 10am

Risk Assessments and Plans for Re-Opening

We would like to assure you that we are working through the summer to do everything needed to make your child’s return to school in September a safe, happy and positive one. The updated risk assessments, systems of control measures and plans for re-opening will be available on our school website from mid-August and a brief outline will be sent via ParentMail. We will be monitoring the Department for Education and Public Health England guidance closely and will keep you informed if there are any further changes to our start of term arrangements.

I would like to thank you for your support over the last year, especially in these difficult times. Please continue to follow the current government guidance and enjoy the summer break, we look forward to seeing everyone in our school community next term.

Free School Meal Vouchers over the Summer Holidays

The government have confirmed that students, who are eligible for Free School Meals, will continue to receive £15 per week free school meal vouchers (per student)

over the school summer holidays.

• On the 13th July you will receive: - £45 (£15 x 3 weeks of 13th, 20th and 27th July)

• On the 3rd August you will receive: - £60 (£15 x 4 weeks of 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th August)

Click here for  letter from Birmingham City Council.

Click on the video above to view messages from Hillcrest staff,