Childcare Bubbles - To comply with Covid regulations
21 Apr 2021
Can we please remind you that Covid restrictions are still in place and children should not be visiting each other outside of school in another family's home. Children should also not be travelling to or from school in the same car. The only exception to this rule would be when you create a childcare support bubble. Full details on this can be found by clicking the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household
What a childcare bubble is:
If you live in a household with anyone aged under 14, you can form a childcare bubble. This allows friends or family from one other household to provide informal childcare. ‘Informal’ childcare means it is unregistered.
You can only form a childcare bubble if you meet certain eligibility rules. Not everyone can form a childcare bubble.
Childcare bubbles are different from support bubbles.
If you form a childcare bubble, members of either household can provide childcare in a home or public place. Overnight stays are allowed where necessary for childcare purposes.
You can only use a childcare bubble for childcare. You cannot use a childcare bubble to mix with another household for any other reason. This means you cannot use a childcare bubble to meet socially with another household.
If you have created a childcare bubble with another family and they will be collecting your child from school, please can you complete the attached form so that we can keep a record for Track & Trace purposes. Children will not be permitted to leave with another family without the form being completed in advance:
-Covid related childcare bubble.docx-