Platt Bridge Community School - Website Compliance

Website Compliance Checklist - updated and re published on the 27th Jan 2021

Last updated 12 November 2020 - following the DfE's updated guidance on what academies, free schools and colleges should publish online.

Click Here to review our Trust Boards review of website compliance at its 26.01.2021 meeting of trustees.

This checklist helps us identify:

What information we have published online inline with DfE and ESFA statutory guidance
Whether it is required for the Academy (School) or Multi Academy Trust website
Whether it is statutory or recommended.

Page Updated 16th December 2020 - following the DfE's template to support schools when publishing information about their remote education provision on their websites during the spring term.

Community First Academy Trust’s Annual Website Check for Platt Bridge Community School - updated December 2020

Information description	Required for MAT site? (Y/N)	Required for academy site? (Y/N)	Statutory?	Published? (Y/N) Link	Reviewed by / Owner	Date of next annual review
School contact details	Yes	Yes	Yes	Community First Academy Trust Tel: 01942 487999 Platt Bridge Community School, Rivington Ave, Platt Bridge, Wigan, WN2 5NG Contact regarding queries from parents and other members of the public: Mrs Sue Darbyshire info@cfat.org.uk Name of the Headteacher: Mrs Sue Darbyshire Name of the Chair of the school's Local Academy Board: Mr Michael Farrell Name and contact details of your special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO): Mr Martin Haskayne m.haskayne@cfat.org.uk
Schools financial benchmarking	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: School Website Please click here to review the schools published financial benchmarking data
School Remote Learning Policies and Procedure's	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: School Website Please click here to review the schools remote learning policies and procedures Providing remote education information for parents click here
The annual accounts, published no later than the end of January following the financial year to which the accounts relate.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information	Michelle Frost	January 2020
The memorandum and articles of association, annual report, funding agreement (including master and supplementary agreements), and the names of charity trustees and members.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information	Annually by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
The structure and remit of the trust’s members, board of trustees, its committees and local governing boards, and the full names of the chair of each (where applicable), including the scheme of delegation for the trust and terms of reference detailing clear lines of accountability.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information	Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
Each trustee’s attendance records at board and committee meetings over the last academic year. Boards: Members, Trustees and FAR Committee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information	Trust Clerk following each meeting	ongoing
Each local governor’s attendance records at local governing board meetings over the last academic year. School: Platt Bridge Community School	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: School Website http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1	Trust Clerk following each meeting	ongoing
Information on each member who has served at any point over the past 12 months – this includes the following: · Their full name · Their date of appointment The date the member stepped down (where applicable) Any relevant business and pecuniary interests, including governance roles in other educational institutions.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: Trust and School Website: Members & Trustees https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information Local Academy Board Governors: http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1	Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
Information on each trustee and local governor who has served at any point over the last 12 months – this includes the following: · Their full name · Their date of appointment · Their term of office · The date they stepped down (where applicable) Who appointed them, in accordance with the trust’s articles Any relevant business and pecuniary interests, including governance roles in other educational institutions If the trust’s accounting officer is not a trustee, their relevant business and pecuniary interests must still be published.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes: Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1 Get information about schools: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Group/Details/2757 https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139300	Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
Contact details including the following: · Name of school · Postal address · Telephone number · Name of member of staff who deals with queries from parents and other members of the public	Yes	Yes	Recommended	Yes, Trust and School Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1	Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
Other academy details, including the following: · Name of the headteacher or principal · Name and address of the chair of the governing board (if there is one) · Name and details of the SENCO if it is a mainstream academy · If the school owner is an individual, their full name and contact details · The address and telephone number of the owner’s office	No	Yes	Recommended	http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/parents/staff-1 http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1	Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
Admissions Full proposed admission arrangements – including the academy’s published admission number (PAN), and any updates to the PAN. Details of the person within the admission authority to whom comments may be sent and the areas on which comments are not sought. ·Once determined, the full admission arrangements for the whole offer year. ·If the determined admission arrangements change during the school year, any variations in the arrangements. ·Arrangements for selecting the pupils who apply. Oversubscription criteria (how places are offered if there are more applicants than places). What parents should do if they want to apply for their child to attend the academy. How parents can find out about the academy’s admission arrangements through the LA.	No No	Yes Yes	Yes Yes	Platt Bridge Community School: http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/admission-arrangements-1	School SLT / Board of Trustees	Annually in Autumn Term
Exclusion arrangements – details of exclusion policy.	No	Yes	Recommended	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/exclusion-arrangements	Martin Haskayne / Board of Trustees	Annually During Autumn Term
Information on, or a link to, the academy’s recent Ofsted inspection and the DfE’s performance tables.	No	Yes	Recommended	Yes, Trust and School Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1	Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk	August 2020
Percentage of pupils who’ve achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Average progress that pupils have made in reading between KS1 and KS2. Average progress that pupils have made in writing between KS1 and KS2. Average progress that pupils have made in maths between KS1 and KS2. Percentage of pupils who’ve achieved a higher standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils’ average scores in the reading test. Pupils’ average scores in the maths test.	No	Yes	Recommended	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/sats-results-1	Annual following results	School SLT Teams September 2019
Curriculum · Curriculum approach. · Curriculum content for each year group, across each subject, including RE (even if it’s taught as part of another subject or subjects or is called something else) and details of how additional information relating to the curriculum may be obtained by parents and the public. · The names of any phonics or reading schemes in operation for KS1. Explain which parts of the curriculum adhere to the national curriculum and why other parts do not. The website should paint a full picture of the curriculum – if the school follows a more sensory based approach, this should be noted.	No	Yes	Recommended	Platt Bridge Community School: https://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/learning	Currently Under Review August 2019 by school SLT	ASAP
Policies Behavioural Policy, including an anti-bullying strategy. · Charging and Remissions Policy, which must include details of activities or cases for which pupils’ parents are charged, and circumstances where exceptions are made on a payment. Academy trust/academy specific Complaints Procedure Policy. Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.	No	Yes	Recommended	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2 Yes: Trust Website re: Complaints Procedure Policy https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/policies-1	Annual Reviews in place	September 2019
Policies A SEND Policy, which details the arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with SEND and the support provided by the school.	No	Yes	Yes	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2	Martin Haskayne Annual Review	September 2019
Policies · Admissions Policy · Curriculum Policy · Exclusion Policy · First aid Policy · Anti-bullying Policy · EAL Policy · Freedom of Information Policy	No	Recommended	Recommended	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School and Trust Websites http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2 https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/policies-1	Martin Haskayne Annual Review	September 2019
Details of how pupil premium funding is spent (per academic year), and the effect this has on the attainment of the pupils who attract the funding, including: How much pupil premium funding is received for this academic year. Details of the main barriers to educational achievement that the disadvantaged pupils in school face. How pupil premium funding will be spent to address these barriers and the reasons for the approach chosen. How the impact of the pupil premium will be measured. The date of the next pupil premium strategy review. For the previous academic year: How your school spent your pupil premium funding. The effect that the pupil premium had on pupils.	No	Yes	Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by DfE	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/pupil-premium-1	Pupil Premium Lead	Ongoing / Summer 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium If your school gets the coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium grant in academic year 2020 to 2021, you should publish details of: how it is intended that the grant will be spent how the effect of this expenditure on the educational attainment of those pupils at the school will be assessed	Yes	Yes	There’s further information on the coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium.	Currently under review 16/11/2020
For academies in receipt of the PE and sport premium: Amount received for the current academic year and how it is intended to be spent A full breakdown of how the previous academic year’s allocation was spent, and its impact on the PE, sport participation and attainment of the pupils who attract this funding How it is ensured that the improvements from the PE and sport premium are sustainable How many pupils within their Year 6 cohort can do each of the following: Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres − Use a range of strokes effectively − Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations	No	Yes	Subject to funding agreement	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/sportpe-premium-1	Sports Premium Lead	Ongoing / Summer 2020
SEND SEND report, which must be compliant with: · Section 69 of the Children and Families Act 2014, including: − The arrangements for the admissions of disabled pupils. − The steps you have taken to prevent disabled pupils from being treated less favourably than other pupils. − The facilities you provide to help disabled pupils to access the school. − The school’s accessibility plan. · Regulation 51 and schedule 1 to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014, where appropriate. · Section 6 of the ‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’.	No No	Yes Yes	Yes Yes	Yes: Platt Bridge Communtiy School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2 Contained with the SEN Information Report (Local Offer)	Martin Haskayne	Annually Autumn Term
Equality objectives · Details of how the school is complying with the public-sector equality duty – which should be updated annually. · The academy’s equality objectives – this should be updated at least once every four years. Details of how the school is: · Eliminating discrimination (working in line with the Equality Act 2010). · Improving equality of opportunity. · Consulting those affected by inequality in decisions.	No	Yes	Yes	Yes: Platt Bridge Community School http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2 Contained within the Equality Scheme Policy	Martin Haskayne	Annually Autumn Term
A statement of the MAT/academy’s ethos and values.	Yes	Yes	Recommended	https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/vision-ethos-valuesb	Board of Trustees	Annually
· The MAT’s overarching British values statement. · Information and links to all member schools, including LGB members, links to schools’ websites and basic contact details, e.g. phone number, address and administrative email address. · Additional information on member schools, such as when they joined the MAT.	Yes	No	Recommended	Yes: Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/our-schools-1/our-schools British Values Statement https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/vision-ethos-values	Trust Clerk following any changes	Annually
A dedicated governance page, including photos of current board of trustee members and, where applicable, LGB members and meeting dates, as well as information about the role of the governing board and how to become a member of the board.	Yes	No	Recommended	Yes, Trust Website: https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/pen-portraits-members-trustees Yes, Platt Bridge Community School Website: http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1	Trust Clerk following any changes	August 2020
Overarching statutory and good practice documents and policies: · Freedom of Information Policy · Central record of recruitment and vetting checks · Data Protection Policy · Health and Safety Policy	Yes	No	Recommended	Yes, Trust Website: https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/policies-1 https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/gdpr https://www.cfat.org.uk/careers/current-vacancies	Annually by Board of Trustees	Summer 2020
MATs and academies with over 250 employees only The following gender pay gap information: · The mean and median hourly pay gap between men and women · The annual bonus gap between men and women · The percentage of men and women participating in the bonus · The number of men and women in each of the four quartile pay bands	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not required – employ under 250 a gender analysis is however, available within the annual account reports https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information	Annual review to determine employee number	Summer 2020
The number of complaints registered during the preceding academic year.	No	No	No	Complaints register held by Martin Haskayne	Board of Trustees	Annually
The school’s publication scheme, which complies with section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.	This depends on whether the academies are classed as public authorities in their own right, or whether they simply form part of the authority of the MAT. If they are completely independent, they need to publish their own information separate from the trust. The trust itself will be able to advise on which arrangement applies.	Yes	Public authorities should make sure that the scheme, the guide to information and schedule of fees are all available on their website, public notice board, or in any other way that they normally communicate with the public.	Yes, the Trust has adopted ICO’s model publication scheme for schools and education charities https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/gdpr	Craig Holden	Summer 2020
The school’s ‘guide to information’.		Yes		Yes, the Trust has adopted ICO’s model The school’s ‘guide to information’ for schools and education charities https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/gdpr	Craig Holden	Summer 2020
The school’s schedule of fees (often included in the guide to information).		Yes			Craig Holden	Summer 2020
MATs and academies that have a full-time equivalent employee number of more than 49 for a relevant reporting period. As per section 8 of The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication requirements) Regulations 2017, information that comprises the response to questions, or requests for information, set out in Schedule 2.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, Trust Website https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information	Craig Holden	Summer 2020
MATs and academies with over 250 employees only. The ‘Data Publication’ information as outlined in ‘Meeting the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target’ (2018), including: · The number of employees whose employment in England by the body began in the reporting period in question. · The number of apprentices who began to work for the body in that period and whose apprenticeship agreements also began in that period. · The number of employees employed in England that the body has at the end of that period. · The number of apprentices who work for the body at the end of that period. · The number of apprentices who worked for the body immediately before that period. · Headcount on the day before the first day of each reporting period in the target period. Additionally, the following as percentages: · The number of apprentices who began to work for the body in that period and whose apprenticeship agreements also began in that period, as a percentage of the number of employees whose employment in England by the body began in the reporting period in question. · The number of apprentices who work for the body at the end of that period as a percentage of the number of employees employed in England that the body has at the end of that period. · The number of apprentices who began to work for the body in that period and whose apprenticeship agreements also began in that period as a percentage of a headcount on the day before the first day of each reporting period in the target period.	N/A Yes Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	Review employee headcount	ongoing
Publication of Executive Pay AFH 2.32 - Trusts must publish on its website in a separate readily accessible form the number of employees whose benefits exceeded £100k, in £10k bandings, as an extract from the disclosure in its financial statements for the previous year ended 31 August.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Link: https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
Our trusts and school response to coronavirus (COVID-19)	No	No	No	Link: https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/coronavirus-information-updates

Requests for copies

If you require a paper copy of the information on your website please email your request to enquiries@plattbridge.cfat.org.uk

Legislation

DfE guidance - What Academies, Free Schools and Colleges Should Publish Online https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-academies-free-schools-and-colleges-should-publish-online