School Curriculum
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For details of School Curriculum provision, content and approach by year and by subject please refer to the School Prospectus in 'Documents'.
Reading is taught through systematic synthetic phonics. For details of our approach to reading please refer to the School Prospectus in 'Documents'.
Our reading schemes include Big Cats, Oxford Reading Tree, Phonics Bug, Lighthouse, All Aboard, Storyworlds and Dandelion Readers.
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Admission Arrangements
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You will need to apply for a primary school place now if your child was born between 1st September 2015 and 31st August 2016.
Hertfordshire County Council allocates places. They invite parents and carers to apply in the Autumn before the academic year in which the child turns 5. Most of these applications are made on-line at though a paper copy can be requested by telephoning the County Admissions Team on 0300 123 4043. In Year Admissions for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are also administered on-line or by phone by Hertfordshire County Council. There may be a waiting list for In Year Admissions.
Hertfordshire County Council coordinates admissions to all community schools and academies in Hertfordshire. Many schools have more applications than there are places available. When schools are oversubscribed a set of admission criteria are used by the school's admission authority to decide which children should be offered places. Please see HCC Oversubscription Criteria in Statutory Documents below.
Full details can be obtained at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions
Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policy
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Anti-Bullying
For details of our Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policy, please refer to 'Policies'.
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GDPR
We already highly value and protect all of our students, parents and staff data and will update all practices and procedures to keep up-to-date with current data protection regulations. For futher information about GDPR please visit ICO website.
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer, Carole Connelly, to oversee the way the school handles data and ensure that requests for data are dealt within accordance with GDPR.
Any subject access requests (SAR), Freedom of information requests (FOI) and quieries you have about the way in which your data is handled please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO)
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Special Educational Needs
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For details of our arrangements to support pupils with SEN and disability please read our Inclusion & Special Education Needs & Disability Inclusion Policy in 'Policies'.
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School Performance Tables
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Link to School Performance Tables: http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=117317
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Ofsted Report
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Link to School's Ofsted report: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/117317
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Data Dashboard
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Link to School's Ofsted Data Dashboard: http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/dash.php?urn=117317
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Keeping Children Safe in Education
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Link to Keeping Children Safe in Education: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2
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Working Together To Safeguard Children
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Link to Working Together To Safeguard Children: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2
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Recognise, Respond and Refer
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Link to Recognise, Respond and Refer: https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/media-library/documents/childrens-services/hscb/hscb-guidance-posters-and-publications/recognise-respond-and-refer-poster.pdf
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Prevent Guidance
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Link to Prevent Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance
Link to Prevent Guidance: http://educateagainsthate.com/