Policies and Documentation

After a revision of areas on our website, and for ease of reference, we are pleased to list below school documents which may be of interest to parents. These documents are available either from this list or in the Parents’ and Pupils’ Handbook (which is sent to parents and which is also available on our website under ‘Publications’), or both.  The reference-list itself is included as an insert in the back of our prospectus (in hard copy) and all these documents are also available in hard copy for inspection on the school premises.

Our Policies and Procedures are regularly reviewed.  In addition, many have been reviewed several times between their anticipated review dates as a result of numerous changes in regulatory requirements announced at very short notice.  In order not to make the revision of documents unmanageable, we have, in the light of another overnight change in May 2010 (whereby the DCSF has become the DfE again, following a change of Government), decided to amend this acronym only at the next review date of each document.  Please, therefore read ‘DfE’ for DCSF’ where this occurs.

The Department for Education is our regulator.  The DfE’s contact details can be found on the DfE website: www.education.gov.uk

• Statement of Purpose and Aims (and contact details)
• Admissions Policy
• Child Protection Policy (Policy to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Pupils at the School)
• Promoting Good Behaviour, Discipline and Sanctions Policy
• Statement on the Education and Welfare Provision for EFL pupils and pupils with a Statement
• Curriculum Policy
• Anti-bullying Policy
• Complaints Procedure
• Health and Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits
• Teaching Staff
• Teaching Support Staff
• eSafety
• Examination Results - GCSE    A Level

Rishworth School is noted on the Edubase register available at: www.edubase.gov.uk