School contact details
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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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
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Schools financial benchmarking
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: School Website
Please click here to review the schools published financial benchmarking data
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School Remote Learning Policies and Procedure's
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: School Website
Please click here to review the schools remote learning policies and procedures
Providing remote education information for parents
click here
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The annual accounts, published no later than the end of January following the financial year to which the accounts relate.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: Trust Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
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Michelle Frost
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January 2020
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The memorandum and articles of association, annual report, funding agreement (including master and supplementary agreements), and the names of charity trustees and members.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: Trust Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
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Annually by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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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.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: Trust Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
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Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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Each trustee’s attendance records at board and committee meetings over the last academic year.
Boards: Members, Trustees and FAR Committee
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: Trust Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
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Trust Clerk following each meeting
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ongoing
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Each local governor’s attendance records at local governing board meetings over the last academic year.
School: Platt Bridge Community School
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: School Website
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1
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Trust Clerk following each meeting
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ongoing
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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.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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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
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Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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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.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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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
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Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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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
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Yes
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Yes
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Recommended
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Yes, Trust and School Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1
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Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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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
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No
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Yes
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Recommended
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http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/parents/staff-1
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1
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Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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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.
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No
No
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Yes
Yes
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Yes
Yes
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Platt Bridge Community School: http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/admission-arrangements-1
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School SLT / Board of Trustees
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Annually in Autumn Term
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Exclusion arrangements – details of exclusion policy.
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No
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Yes
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Recommended
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Yes: Platt Bridge Community School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/exclusion-arrangements
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Martin Haskayne / Board of Trustees
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Annually During Autumn Term
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Information on, or a link to, the academy’s recent Ofsted inspection and the DfE’s performance tables.
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No
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Yes
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Recommended
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Yes, Trust and School Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/governors-1
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Annually or following any changes by the Trust Clerk
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August 2020
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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.
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No
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Yes
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Recommended
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Yes: Platt Bridge Community School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/sats-results-1
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Annual following results
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School SLT Teams
September 2019
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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.
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No
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Yes
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Recommended
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Platt Bridge Community School:
https://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/learning
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Currently Under Review August 2019 by school SLT
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ASAP
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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.
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No
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Yes
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Recommended
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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
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Annual Reviews in place
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September 2019
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Policies
A SEND Policy, which details the arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with SEND and the support provided by the school.
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: Platt Bridge Community School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2
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Martin Haskayne Annual Review
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September 2019
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Policies
· Admissions Policy
· Curriculum Policy
· Exclusion Policy
· First aid Policy
· Anti-bullying Policy
· EAL Policy
· Freedom of Information Policy
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No
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Recommended
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Recommended
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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
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Martin Haskayne Annual Review
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September 2019
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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.
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No
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Yes
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Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by DfE
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Yes: Platt Bridge Community School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/pupil-premium-1
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Pupil Premium Lead
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Ongoing / Summer 2020
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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
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Yes
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Yes
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There’s further information on the coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium.
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Currently under review 16/11/2020
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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
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No
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Yes
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Subject to funding agreement
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Yes: Platt Bridge Community School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/sportpe-premium-1
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Sports Premium Lead
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Ongoing / Summer 2020
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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’.
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No
No
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Yes
Yes
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Yes
Yes
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Yes: Platt Bridge Communtiy School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2
Contained with the SEN Information Report (Local Offer)
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Martin Haskayne
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Annually Autumn Term
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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.
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes: Platt Bridge Community School
http://www.plattbridge.wigan.sch.uk/statutory-information/policies-2
Contained within the Equality Scheme Policy
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Martin Haskayne
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Annually Autumn Term
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A statement of the MAT/academy’s ethos and values.
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Yes
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Yes
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Recommended
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https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/vision-ethos-valuesb
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Board of Trustees
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Annually
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· 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.
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Yes
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No
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Recommended
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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
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Trust Clerk following any changes
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Annually
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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.
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Yes
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No
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Recommended
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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
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Trust Clerk following any changes
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August 2020
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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
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Yes
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No
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Recommended
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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
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Annually by Board of Trustees
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Summer 2020
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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
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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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
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Annual review to determine employee number
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Summer 2020
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The number of complaints registered during the preceding academic year.
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No
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No
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No
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Complaints register held by Martin Haskayne
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Board of Trustees
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Annually
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The school’s publication scheme, which complies with section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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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.
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Yes
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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.
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Yes, the Trust has adopted ICO’s model publication scheme for schools and education charities
https://www.cfat.org.uk/policies/gdpr
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Craig Holden
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Summer 2020
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The school’s ‘guide to information’.
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Yes
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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
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Craig Holden
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Summer 2020
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The school’s schedule of fees (often included in the guide to information).
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Yes
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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.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes, Trust Website
https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
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Craig Holden
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Summer 2020
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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.
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N/A
Yes
Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Review employee headcount
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ongoing
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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.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Link: https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/statutory-information
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Our trusts and school response to coronavirus (COVID-19)
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No
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No
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No
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Link: https://www.cfat.org.uk/trust-information/coronavirus-information-updates
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