on information available under Freedom of Information Act 2000
Rode School Policies and Reports
PDF: Freedom of Information Act 2000
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1. Introduction: what a publication scheme is and why it has been developed
One of the aims of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (which is referred to as FOIA in the rest of this document) is that public authorities, including all maintained schools, should be clear and proactive about the information they will make public.
To do this we must produce a publication scheme, setting out:
- The classes of information which we publish or intend to publish;
- The manner in which the information will be published; and
- Whether the information is available free of charge or on payment
The scheme covers information already published and information which is to be published in the future. All information in our publication scheme is available in paper form. Some of the information may be found on our website at www.rodeschool.co.uk
Some information which we hold may not be made public, for example personal information.
This publication scheme conforms to the model scheme for schools approved by the Information Commissioner.
2. Aims and Objectives
The school aims to:
- Work together in our school community in a sensitive and responsible way
- Create a happy, secure and stimulating environment which enables everyone to develop as individuals in all aspects of life
- Promote high standards of education and encourage a lifelong desire for learning
- Enhance spiritual awareness and respect for others and for the environment in which we live and work
- Encourage our children to be caring and self-confident and to become increasingly independent, in order to meet the challenges ahead
and this publication scheme is a means of showing how we are pursuing these aims.
3. Categories of information published
The publication scheme guides you to information which we currently publish (or have recently published) or which we will publish in the future. This is split into categories of information known as ‘classes'. These are contained in section 6 of this scheme.
The classes of information that we undertake to make available are organised into four broad topic areas:
School Prospectus – information published in the school prospectus.
Governors' Documents – information published in the Governors Annual Report and in other governing body documents.
Pupils & Curriculum – information about policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum.
School Policies and other information related to the school - information about policies that relate to the school in general.
4. How to request information
If you require a paper version of any of the documents within the scheme, please contact the school by telephone, email, fax or letter. Contact details are set out below.
Email: rode@educ.somerset.gov.uk
Tel: 01373 830523
Fax: 01373 830523
Contact Address: Rode Methodist VC First School
High Street
Rode
Somerset
BA11 6NZ
You can also visit our website at www.rodeschool.co.uk
To help us process your request quickly, please clearly mark any correspondence "PUBLICATION SCHEME REQUEST" (in CAPITALS please)
If the information you're looking for isn't available via the scheme, and isn't on our website, you can still contact the school to ask if we have it.
5. Paying for information
Information published on our website is free, although you may incur costs from your Internet service provider. If you don't have Internet access, you can access our website using a local library or an Internet café.
Single copies of information covered by this publication are provided free unless stated otherwise in section 6. If your request means that we have to do a lot of photocopying or printing, or pay a large postage charge, or is for a priced item such as some printed publications or videos we will let you know the cost before fulfilling your request.
6. Classes of Information Currently Published
School Prospectus
This section sets out information published in the school prospectus.
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Governors' Annual Report and other information relating to the governing body
This section sets out information published in the Governors' Annual Report and in other governing body documents.
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Agreed minutes of meetings of the governing body and its committees** |
*Some information might be confidential or otherwise exempt from the publication by law – we cannot therefore publish this.
**Current and last full academic school year.
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Pupils & Curriculum Policies
This section gives access to information about policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum.
Statement of procedures for admission arrangements |
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Statement of policy with regard to art and design education |
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Statement of general principles on behaviour and discipline and of measures taken by head teacher to prevent bullying |
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Statement of policy for safeguarding and promoting welfare of pupils at the school |
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Statement of arrangements for the required daily act of collective worship |
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Statement on following the policy for the secular curriculum subjects and religious education and schemes of work and syllabuses currently used by the school |
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Policy Statement of policy with regard to D & T education |
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Statement of policy with to early years and foundation stage education |
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Statement of policy with regard to literacy | |
Statement of policy with regard to geography education |
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Statement of the school's aims and values, the school's responsibilities, the parental responsibilities and the school's expectations of its pupils for example homework arrangements |
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Statement of policy with regard to homework |
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Statement of policy with regard to ICT education |
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Statement of policy with regard to marking |
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Statement of policy with regard to numeracy |
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Statement of policy with regard to music education |
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Statement of policy with regard to arts education |
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Statement of policy for promoting race equality |
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Statement of policy with regard to religious education |
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Statement of policy with regard to science education |
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Statement of policy with regard to sex and relationship education. (Held within PSHCE policy.) |
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Information about the school's policy on providing for pupils with special educational needs |
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Statement of policy with regard to teaching and learning |
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School Policies and other information related to the school
This section gives access to information about policies that relate to the school in general.
Statement of procedures for dealing with complaints |
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Any statutory instruments, departmental circulars and administrative memoranda sent by the Department of Education and Skills to the head teacher or governing body relating to the curriculum |
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Statement of procedures in the event of school closure |
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Statement of financial procedures and arrangements, cycles, roles and responsibilities |
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Statement of general policy with respect to health and safety at work of employees (and others) and the organisation and arrangements for carrying out the policy |
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Statement of roles and functions of the governing body, its committees and of the head teacher and staff, the procedures for reviewing the School Improvement Plan and its interaction with the budgetary cycle |
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Statement of policy relating to staff pay |
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Statement of procedures adopted by the governing body relating to the performance management of staff and the annual report of the head teacher on the effectiveness of appraisal procedures |
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Statement of policy with regard to PSHCE, including smoking policy, drugs policy and sex education policy |
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A plan setting out the actions required following the last Ofsted inspection and where appropriate an action plan following inspection of religious education where the school is designated as having a religious character |
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Published report of the last inspection of the school and the summary of the report and where appropriate inspection reports of religious education in those schools designated as having a religious character |
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Details of school session and dates of school terms and holidays |
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Statement of policy regarding security |
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Statement of procedure for regulating conduct and discipline of school staff and procedures by which staff may seek redress for grievance |
7. Feedback and Complaints
We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have about the scheme. If you want to make any comments about this publication scheme or if you require further assistance or wish to make a complaint then initially this should be addressed to the school office.
If you are not satisfied with the assistance that you get or if we have not been able to resolve your complaint and you feel that a formal complaint needs to be made then this should be addressed to the Information Commissioner's Office. This is the organisation that ensures compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and that deals with formal complaints.
They can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
or
Enquiry/Information Line: 01625 545 700
E Mail: publications@ic-foi.demon.co.uk.
Website: www.ico.gov.uk - Information Commissioner's Office
