A preliminary hearing was held last week and the formal evidence hearings will take place in September, so as this phase of the inquiry gathers pace, here’s what schools and trusts need to know. The inquiry also wants to understand if the ongoing consequences of the pandemic and the decisions made during that period. Rule 9 requests and having your sayThe inquiry has sent out Rule 9 requests to individual schools and trusts. If you are, here are some useful points to note:Official inquiry documentation will be sent to you or one of your schools on behalf of the chair on Covid-19 Inquiry letter-headed paper. The request will ask for relevant information pertaining to the school, the trust, or potentially to individual schools within a trust.