Shortlanesend School

OTHER USEFUL POLICIES

Statutory policies that the DfE require to be published online are available to download under the 'Statutory Information' tab. Below are some further policies you may find helpful. If you can't find what you are looking for then please click the Aspire Policies link below, or contact the school office.

Aspire Policies

Aspire Gender Identity Policy

Aspire Health & Safety Policy

Aspire Managing Allegations Against Other Pupils

Aspire Parent Code of Conduct

Aspire Separated Parents Policy

Aspire Social Media Policy

Mentally Healthy School

The Aspire Academy Trust is committed to supporting positive mental health and the Aspire Mental Health Policy is available below.

The ‘Leading a Mentally Healthy School’ training programme has been developed by Health Education England (HEE) and the School Development Support Agency (SDSA), in partnership with an expert group of educational psychologists, education consultants and mental health organisations and responds to the areas highlighted in the recent Green Paper – ‘Transforming Children & Young People’s Mental Health Provision’ (December 2017).

Aspire Mentally Healthy School Policy

School Closure

In case of adverse weather conditions which may result in closure of the school, I would like to make you aware of the emergency school closure procedures. Closure of the school is not made lightly and if it is at all possible to keep the school open, we will.

The criterion used for a decision to close the school is listed below for your information. In the case of extreme weather, a risk assessment is made by the Head of School in consultation with the Hub Council. The facts considered are:

Are there sufficient staff able to get to school in order to ensure safe child/adult ratios?
Do conditions on school grounds pose a risk to the health and safety of pupils, parents and staff?
Is the temperature in school within accepted guidelines, and are all facilities (water, electricity, toilets and kitchen) operational?
Are conditions forecast to worsen, which may put staff and parents driving home at risk?

Having assessed these risks, once a decision is made to close the school, Cornwall Council is notified and information is automatically passed to BBC Radio Cornwall, Heart FM and Pirate FM who announce the notice on their website and over the air.

Our own school website will also be updated with information as soon as is practical, with emergency information to be found on the home page. Information in the case of school closure will also be texted to parents.