COVID-19 Risk Assessment, Plan and Policies
2021-22 Operational Plan During the COVID-19 pandemic (click here to view)
2021-22 COVID-19 risk assessment (click here to view)
LDE UTC 16-19 Tuition Fund Statement 2021-2022 (click here to view)
LDE UTC 16-19 Tuition Fund Statement 2020-2021 (click here to view)
LDE UTC Safeguarding Policy Addendum (click here to view)
COVID-19 Teaching & Learning
LDE UTC Remote Learning Policy (click here to view)
LDE UTC Teacher Assessed Grades (TAG) Policy (click here to view)
LDE UTC Guidance for Learners and Parents: GCSEs and AS/A Levels in England, Summer 2021 (click here to view)
COVID-19 Testing Information
LDE UTC COVID-19 testing information page (click here to view)
COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Myth-Busting Video (click here to view)
COVID-19 Picture (Statistics)
Summary of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases at LDE UTC: (discontinued)
London Borough of Newham - COVID-19 Dashboard (discontinued)
Given the current stage in the pandemic both Newham Council and LDE UTC have ceased to separately report COVID-19 infections as a dedicated dashboard. This may be re-introduced in the future should it be deemed necessary.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Letters to all stakeholders (learners, apprentices, parents/carers, employers and staff):
19 April 2022 - Living with Covid (click here)
23 February 2022 - Prime Minister's Announcement on Living with COVID-19 (click here)
26 January 2022 - Face coverings in communal areas (click here)
20 January 2022 - Update re face coverings (click here)
14 January 2022 - Further update on LFD Tests - Five Day Rule (click here)
10 January 2022 - Update on LFD Tests (click here)
04 January 2022 - Welcome back and Covid Update 2022 (click here)
16 December 2021 - Return to College in January 2022 (click here)
10 December 2021 - Covid 'Plan B' Update for all stakeholders (click here)
19 November 2021 - Covid 19 Update (click here)
29 October 2021 - Education Secretary letter re vaccines for 12-15 year olds (click here)
12 October 2021 - A letter to parents from Nadhim Zahawi and Sajid Javid (click here)
31 August 2021 - Autumn 2021 Testing Arrangements - reminder (click here)
20 August 2021 - Autumn Testing Arrangements and Contact Tracing (click here)
16 July 2021 - Changes to Contact Tracing (click here)
05 July 2021 - Two unrelated Covid cases, year 9 & year 12 (click here)
23 June 2021 - Single positive case notification in year 12 (click here)
21 June 2021 - Letter from Secretary of State for Education (click here)
16 June 2021 - Single positive case notification (click here)
12 May 2021 - Eid Celebration and Covid-19 Update (click here)
26th April 2021 - Single Positive Covid-19 Case Year 10 (click here)
1st April 2021 - Teacher Assessed Grades information (click here)
1st April 2021 - End of Spring Term Letter (click here)
17 March 2021 - LDE UTC Privacy Notice - Home Testing (click here)
17 March 2021 - Home Testing Kits (click here)
26 February 2021 - Full Re-opening Instructions from 8th March 2021 (click here to view)
22 January 2021 - Update letter to all stakeholders (click here to view)
15 January 2021 - Exam cohorts update (click here to view)
08 January 2021 - NHS Test andTrace, COVID-19 Testing for staff and learners (click here to view), LDE UTC privacy notice (click here to view)
05 January 2021 - Urgent January exams update (click here to view)
05 January 2021 - Update for all stakeholders regarding yesterday's Government announcement (click here to view)
05 January 2021 - Update for 2021 exam cohort learners and their parents and carers (click here to view)
31 December 2020 - Revised January Staggered Start Times (click here to view)
22 December 2020 - Notification of new case of COVID-19 - Staff member (click here to view)
21 December 2020 - Notification of new case of COVID-19 - Year 11 (click here to view)
16 December 2020 - New positive case of COVID-19 in year 9 (click here to view)
15 December 2020 - Two New positive cases of COVID-19 (click here to view)
14 December 2020 - Letter to parents from or Regional Schools Officer (click here to view)
09 December 2020 - Single unrelated case of COVID-19 - no other learners affected - (click here to view)
01 December 2020 - Single, unrelated case of COVID-19 (click here to view)
27 November 2020 - Partial Closure Letter (click here to view)
27 November 2020 - Single case of COVID-19, Yr 10 (click here to view)
10 November 2020 - Another single case of COVID-19, Yr 13 (click here to view)
05 November 2020 - Second Lockdown - advice to parent (click here to view)
03 November 2020 - Email/Text message - Please share your views on LDE UTC's COVID-19 response. Please click here to complete our survey.
29 October 2020 - Another single case of COVID-19 (click here to view)
02 October 2020 - COVID-19 Plan Update V1.3 (click here to view)
30 September 2020 - Another single case of COVID-19 (click here to view)
30 September 2020 - Year 11 Parents Only - Another single case of COVID-19 (click here to view)
28 September 2020 - When to have your child tested (click here to view)
24 September 2020 - NHS factsheet for over 16's (click here to view)
21 September 2020 - Single confirmed COVID-19 Case (click here to view)
21 September 2020 - COVID-19 Plan update version 1.2 (click here to view)
14 September 2020 - COVID-19 Plan Update version 1.1 (click here to view)
01 September 2020 - Returning to College (click here to view)
13 July 2020 - Full reopening plan and risk assessment (click here to view)
10 July 2020 - 15th June Partial re-opening survey and feedback - (click here to view)
19 June 2020 - First week back after COVID-19 Shutdown (click here to view)
11 June 2020 - LDE UTC response re George Floyd Incident (click here to view)
10 June 2020 - 15th June partial re-opening plan (click here to view)
10 June 2020 - 15th June partial re-opening risk assessment (click here to view)
03 June 2020 - Wider Reopening of LDE UTC update and survey (click here to view)
22 May 2020 - LDE UTC Plan to re-open following government's directive (click here to view)
18 May 2020 - College Re-opening (click here to view)
11 May 2020 - Response to Prime Minister's speech on schools reopening (click here to view)
27 April 2020 - Summer Term update (click here to view)
03 April 2020 - OFQUAL announcement on awarding examination grades for GCSE and GCE exams this summer (click here to view)
03 April 2020 - End of term celebrations and general updates (click here to view)
03 April 2020 - (Free School Meal parents only) Letter regarding National FSM voucher scheme (click here to view)
02 April 2020 - (Newham website for parents and Carers) Newham COVID-19 Service Updates for Families (click here to view)
20 March 2020 - (Key workers letter) Letter regarding arrangements after 20th March 2020 (click here to view)
20 March 2020 - (No longer relevant, see more recent letters) (Free School Meal parents only) Letter regarding Free School Meals after 20th March 2020 (click here to view)
19 March 2020 - College closure notice after 20th March 2020 (click here to view)
13 March 2020 - (No longer relevant, see more recent letters) Update on COVID-19 (click here to view)
Guidance and further information:
NOTICES: We continue to take advice from Public Health England & Gov.UK. Latest guidance.
Updated guidance for parents and carers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
We have published an open letter from the Secretary of State for Education to parents about the decision to lift restrictions on education from Monday 8 March. (click here to view)
This letter also provides information on the asymptomatic testing programme and safety measures. Alongside this we have updated guidance on what parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges and parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (click here to view)
Guidance is now available in the following languages:
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese - Traditional
Chinese - simplified
French
Gujarati
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romany
Somali
Turkish
Urdu
The information below hasn’t changed since our last update.
Department for Education coronavirus (COVID-19) helpline
The Department for Education coronavirus (COVID-19) helpline is available to answer questions about coronavirus (COVID-19) relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline by calling:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm
Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm
