Public Health Webinars for Schools and Settings

Birmingham City Council (BCC), in partnership with Public Health Birmingham (Healthy Brum), has been putting on various coronavirus-related webinars for school leaders and other educational professionals. Recordings of these webinars are available to rewatch via the BCC website, where you’ll also find downloadable copies of the presentations.

Some of the most recent presentations of note include:

Covid Update - Educational Settings (2 Dec 2021)
In this session, Director of Public Health Birmingham, Dr Justin Varney shared the latest coronavirus-related updates for schools and other education settings in Birmingham, including information about the Omicron variant.

Managing Attendance for Schools (4 Oct 2021)
A session led by Edwina Langley, Lead Attendance Officer, Education Legal Intervention Team (ELIT) on how to manage pupil attendance during the pandemic.

Contact Tracing Drop-in with Birmingham City Council (23 Sept 2021)
This session was a chance for Birmingham’s Early Years and education professionals to ask questions about contract tracing in children’s settings.

Maintaining Effective Ventilation and Air Quality in Education Settings (15 Sept 2021)
This session focuses on how best to improve ventilation and air quality in your setting.

COVID, Schools and Settings: Navigating a Changing Landscape (2 Sept 2021)
In this session, Dr Justin Varney looked at the changes in education settings ahead of the 2021/22 academic year.