School Policies 2013-2014
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Brighton Hill Community School School Policies 2013-2014 4182 Brighton Hill Community School Brighton Hill Community School Policies 2013-2014 Index of Policies Number Policy Review Date Ratified S/N 1. Accessibility Plan Every 3 years July 2012 S 2. Admissions Policy 2013-14 / 14-15 Annually S 3. Behaviour Management and June 2014 Heads June 2013 S Behaviour principles written discretion / GB statement 4. Charging and Remission GB decide July 2012 S 5. Child Protection Procedures and Annual audit May 2012 S Safeguarding 6. Complaints Procedure GB decide- Spring 2016 February 2014 S 7. Data Protection July 2013 January 2011 S 8. Freedom of Information GB to decide July 2012 S Publication Scheme 9. Governors’ Allowances Policy GB to decide September 2011 S 10. Health and Safety; Administration GB to decide April 2012 S of Medicine; First Aid April 2014 11. Home School Agreement GB to decide February 2012 S 12. Instruments of Governance GB to decide May 2012 S 13. Performance Management GB to decide September 2012 S 14. Premises Management GB to decide S incorporated in Health & Safety policy 15. Sex and Relationship Education GB to decide July 2012 S 16. Single Equality Statement, Objectives every 4 June 2012 S Information and Objectives years, information annually 17. Special Educational Needs GB to decide May 2011 S 18. Staff Discipline, conduct and GB to decide S grievance 19. Teachers Pay – Pay policy GB to decide / annual October 2011 S review 20. Anti-Bullying March 2012 N 21. Assessment and Marking & March 2012 N Controlled Assessment 22. Attendance N 23. e-mail policy N 24. Emergency Closure Plan April 2012 N 25. Examination Procedures N 26. Finance, including Debt Recovery July 2012 N 27. Homework September2012 N 28. ICT and Internet use N 29. Inclusion and External Student N Support Agencies 30. Information Sharing and November 2009 N Confidentiality 31. Internet Policy 32. Intimate Care January 2011 N U:\Web Site\Web Folder - Temp\School Policies 13-14.Docx Page 2 Brighton Hill Community School Policies 2013-2014 33. Learning and Teaching November 2011 N 34. Literacy, Numeracy and N Communication 35. Management of Staff Absence September 2012 N 36. Off-site Activities N 37. Physical Intervention March 2011 N 38. Security July 2010 N 39. Staff Training, Induction and Being updated by NH N Development and CPD, ITT 40. Uniform April 2012 N 41. Whistleblowing – Procedures for Annual May 2012 N Protected Disclosure 42. Year 6 student Transfer N U:\Web Site\Web Folder - Temp\School Policies 13-14.Docx Page 3 Brighton Hill Community School Policies 2013-2014 1. Accessibility Plan Introduction This plan is drawn up in accordance with the planning duty in the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA 1995), as amended by the SEN and Disability Act 2001. It is based upon DfES guidance July 2002 ‘Accessible Schools; Planning to increase access to Schools for disabled pupils’. It should be noted that the original school site and buildings were not designed with disabled requirements in mind. The school does make appropriate and realistic attempts to accommodate students with disabilities as part of our inclusive approach. Definition of Disability Disability is defined by the Disibility Discrimination Act 1995(DDA) as ‘A person has a disability if he or she has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long- term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. Principles Compliance with the DDA is consistent with the school’s aims and Single Equality Scheme and the operation of the school’s SEN policy. The school recognises its duty under the DDA (amended by the SENDA) not to discriminate against disabled students in their admissions and exclusions and provision of education and associated services; not to treat disabled students less favourably; to take reasonable steps to avoid putting disabled students at a substantial disadvantage; to publish an Accessibility Plan. In performing their duties, Governors and staff will have due regard to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) Code of Practice 2002. The school recognises and values parents’ knowledge of their child’s disability and its effect on his/her ability to carry out normal activities and respects the parents’ and child’s right to confidentiality. The school provides all students with a broad and balanced curriculum, differentiated and adjusted to meet the needs of individual students and their preferred learning styles. Objective To reduce and eliminate the barriers to access to the curriculum, and to enable full participation in the school community for students, and prospective students, with a disability. The school will continue to seek and follow the advice of LEA services, such as specialist teacher advisers and SEN inspectors and advisers and appropriate health professionals. The school will take into account the needs of students and visitors with physical difficulties and sensory impairment when planning and undertaking future improvements and refurbishment of the site and premises, such as improved access, lighting and more accessible fixtures and fittings. The school will make itself aware of local services, for providing information in alternative formats when required or requested. Back to Index U:\Web Site\Web Folder - Temp\School Policies 13-14.Docx Page 4 Brighton Hill Community School Policies 2013-2014 2. Brighton Hill Community School Admission Policy 2013-2014 This policy will apply to all admissions from 1 September 2013, including in-year admissions. The authority’s Fair Access protocol will be applied alongside the policy to secure the admission of vulnerable pupils from specific groups. It will be used during 2012-13 for allocating places for September 2013 as part of the main admission round for Year 7. Admission Criteria Hampshire County Council is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools. The admission arrangements are determined by the County Council, after statutory consultations. The County Council will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on Wednesday 31 October 2012. Notifications to parents offering a secondary school place will be sent by the County Council on 1 March 2013. Applications made after midnight 31 October 2012 will be considered after all on-time applications have been fully processed unless exceptional circumstances merit consideration alongside on-time applications. The published admission number (PAN) for Brighton Hill Community School for 2013- 2014 is 255. For the main admission round, all preferences will be considered simultaneously and ranked in accordance with the admission criteria. If more than one school can offer a place, the parent’s highest stated available preference will be allocated. If the school is oversubscribed, places will be offered up to the published admission number (PAN) in the following priority order. Places for applications received after the deadline will be allocated using the same criteria. 1. Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. [ A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). An adoption order is an order under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. A ‘residence order’ is as an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).] 2. Children or families who have a serious medical, physical or psychological condition which makes it essential that the child attends Brighton Hill Community School rather than any other. (Appropriate medical or psychological evidence must be provided in support.) U:\Web Site\Web Folder - Temp\School Policies 13-14.Docx Page 5 Brighton Hill Community School Policies 2013-2014 3. Children living in the catchment area of Brighton Hill Community School who at the time of application have a sibling on the roll of Brighton Hill Community School who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission.* 4. Other children living in the catchment area of Brighton Hill Community School. 5. Other children who at the time of application have a sibling on the roll of Brighton Hill Community School who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission.* 6. Children who at the time of application attend one of the linked primary or junior schools: North Waltham Primary School, St Mark's Church Of England Primary School, Hatch Warren Junior School, Cliddesden Primary School. 7. Other children. * This includes children who at the time of application have a sibling for whom the offer of a place at the preferred school has been accepted, even if the sibling is not yet attending. ‘Sibling’ refers to brother or sister, half brother or half sister, adoptive brother or adoptive sister, step brother or step sister, and includes children living as siblings in the same family unit. School Closures In the event of a school closure, pupils from the closing school may be given priority for any school nominated as the receiving school. Specific arrangements will be determined by the Local Authority in accordance with the School Admissions Code and will be published at the time for the specific schools affected. Permanent Residence The child’s permanent residence is where they live, normally including weekends and during school holidays as well as during the week, and should be used for the application.