This is St. Mary's Catholic Junior
School Publication Scheme
on information available under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
The governing body is responsible for maintenance of this scheme.
1. Introduction:
what a publication scheme is and why it has been developed
One of the aims of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (which is referred
to as FOIA in the rest of this document) is that public authorities,
including all maintained schools, should be clear and proactive about
the information they will make public.
To do this we must produce a publication scheme, setting out:
The
classes of information which we publish or intend to publish;
The
manner in which the information will be published; and
Whether
the information is available free of charge or on payment.
The scheme covers information already published and information, which
is to be published in the future. All information in our publication
scheme is available in paper form.
Some information, which we hold, may not be made public, for example
personal information. This publication scheme conforms to the model
scheme for schools approved by the Information Commissioner.
2. St.
Mary's Junior School Mission Statement and Aims & Objectives.
MISSION STATEMENT
"In partnership with our homes and parishes, we offer a Catholic education which encourages the love of God and realises the importance of the Sacraments and Gospels.
We
are committed to offer a broad and balanced curriculum that ensures
that each child
reaches
their full potential."
|
OUR AIMS
Following the gospel values we will strive towards a love of
God and our neighbour. |
PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES
This love will be celebrated in the Mass and other forms of liturgy
with assemblies linked to the liturgical year and gospels. |
| We will recognise the importance of parental involvement in the development of our children | Parental involvement will be encouraged and developed through Parents' Evenings, parents' consultations, class Masses and class assemblies. Help is also sought with homework, library, school trips and the work done through the PTFA. |
| High standards will be our aim within a broad and balanced curriculum so that each child reached their potential, by raising self esteem, self confidence and self discipline. | We will achieve high standards and help children reach
their full potential through: High expectations of teaching and learning; Detailed planning for the whole class, groups and individuals with help from support staff; Self esteem and self discipline will be nurtured through: * Reward systems Self discipline will be encouraged through independent working
and target setting. |
| We will seek to establish a warm and ordered environment where Christian ethics can flourish. | Through clear routines as a school and class High expectations of courtesy Friendly and caring staff who encourage children to forgive when mistakes are made. |
This publication scheme is a means of showing how we are pursuing these aims.
3. Categories
of information published
The publication scheme guides you to information which we currently
publish (or have recently published) or which we will publish in the
future. This is split into categories of information known as 'classes'.
These are contained in section 6 of this scheme.
The classes of information that we undertake to make available are organised
into four broad topic areas:
School Prospectus - information
published in the school prospectus.
Governors' Documents - information published in the Governors Annual
Report and in other
governing
body documents.
Pupils & Curriculum - information about
policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum.
School Policies and other information related to the school
-
information about policies that relate to the school in general.
4. How to request
information
If you require a paper version of any of the documents within the scheme,
please contact the school by telephone, email, fax or letter. Contact
details are set out below.
Email: stmaryrcnj@sthelens.org.uk Website
address: www.st-marys-jun.st-helens.sch.uk
Tel: 01744 678603 Fax:
01744 678605
Contact Address: St.
Mary's Catholic Junior School,
Barn
Way, Newton-Le-Willows,
Merseyside
WA12 9QQ
If the information you're looking for isn't available via the scheme you can still contact the school to ask if we have it.
5. Paying for information
Information published on our website is free, although you may incur costs from your Internet service provider. If you don't have Internet access, you can access our website using a local library or an Internet café.
Single copies of information covered by this publication are provided free unless stated otherwise in section 6. If your request means that we have to do a lot of photocopying or printing, or pay a large postage charge, or is for a priced item such as some printed publications or videos we will let you know the cost before fulfilling your request. Where there is a charge this will be indicated by a £ sign in the description box.
6. Classes of Information Currently Published
School Prospectus - this section sets out information published
in the school prospectus.
| Class | Description |
| School Prospectus |
The statutory contents of the school prospectus are
as follows, (other items may be included in the prospectus at the
school's discretion):
• The name, address and telephone
number of the school, and the type of school |
Governors' Annual Report and other information relating to the
governing body- this section sets out
information published in the Governors' Annual Report and in other governing
body
documents.
| Class | Description |
|
Governors'
Annual Report |
The statutory contents of the governors'
annual report to parents are as follows, (other items may be included
in the annual report at the school's discretion):
• Details of the governing body membership,
including name and address of chair and clerk |
|
Instrument of Government
|
• The name
of the school • The category of the school • The name of the governing body • The manner in which the governing body is constituted • The term of office of each category of governor if less than 4 years • The name of any body entitled to appoint any category of governor • Details of any trust • If the school has a religious character, a description of the ethos • The date the instrument takes effect |
|
Minutes of meeting
of the governing body and its committees |
Agreed minutes of meetings of the governing body and its committees [current and last full academic school year] |
Pupils & Curriculum Policies - This section gives access
to information about policies that relate to pupils
and the school curriculum.
| Class | Description |
| Home - school agreement | Statement of the school's aims and values, the school's responsibilities, the parental responsibilities and the school's expectations of its pupils for example homework arrangements |
| Curriculum Policy | Statement on following the policy for the secular curriculum subjects and religious education and schemes of work and syllabuses currently used by the school |
| Sex Education Policy | Statement of policy with regard to sex and relationship education |
| Special Education Needs Policy | Information about the school's policy on providing for pupils with special educational needs |
| Accessibility Plans | Plan for increasing participation of disabled pupils in the school's curriculum, improving the accessibility of the physical environment and improving delivery of information to disabled pupils. |
Some information might be confidential or otherwise exempt from the
publication by law - we cannot therefore publish this
| Race Equality Policy | Statement of policy for promoting race equality |
| Collective Worship | Statement of arrangements for the required daily act of collective worship |
| Child Protection Policy | Statement of policy for safeguarding and promoting welfare of pupils at the school. |
| Pupil Discipline | Statement of general principles on behaviour and discipline and of measures taken by the head teacher to prevent bullying. |
School Policies and other information related to the school - This section gives access to information about policies that relate to the school in general.
| Class | Description |
| Published reports of Ofsted referring expressly to the school | Published report of the last inspection of the school and the summary of the report and where appropriate inspection reports of religious education in those schools designated as having a religious character |
| Post-Ofsted inspection action plan | A plan setting out the actions required following the last Ofsted inspection and where appropriate an action plan following inspection of religious education where the school is designated as having a religious character |
| Charging and Remissions Policies | A statement of the school's policy with respect to charges and remissions for any optional extra or board and lodging for which charges are permitted, for example school publications, music tuition, trips |
| School session times and term dates | Details of school session and dates of school terms and holidays |
| Health and Safety Policy and risk assessment | Statement of general policy with respect to health and safety at work of employees (and others) and the organisation and arrangements for carrying out the policy |
| Complaints procedure | Statement of procedures for dealing with complaints |
| Performance Management of Staff | Statement of procedures adopted by the governing body relating to the performance management of staff and the annual report of the head teacher on the effectiveness of appraisal procedures |
| Staff Conduct, Discipline and Grievance | Statement of procedure for regulating conduct and discipline of school staff and procedures by which staff may seek redress for grievance |
| Curriculum circulars and statutory instruments | Any statutory instruments, departmental circulars and administrative memoranda sent by the Department of Education and Skills to the head teacher or governing body relating to the curriculum |
| Annex A - Other documents | Annex A provides a list of other documents that are held by the school and are available on request |
7. Feedback
and Complaints
We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have about the scheme.
If you want to make any comments about this publication scheme or if
you require further assistance or wish to make a complaint then initially
this should be addressed to Mr J B O'Connell, Chair of Governors at
the school address.
If you are not satisfied with the assistance that you get or if we have
not been able to resolve your complaint and you feel that a formal complaint
needs to be made then this should be addressed to the Information Commissioner's
Office. This is the organisation that ensures compliance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and that deals with formal complaints. They
can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Or
Enquiry/Information Line: 01625 545 700
E Mail: .publications@ic-foi.demon.co.uk.
Website : www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Data Protection
Fair Processing Notice
ST MARY'S CATHOLIC JUNIOR SCHOOL
Schools, local education authorities and the Department for Education and Skills (the government department which deals with education) all hold information on pupils in order to run the education system, and in doing so have to follow the Data Protection Act 1998. This means, among other things, that the data held about pupils must only be used for specific purposes allowed by law. We are therefore writing to tell you about the types of data held, why that data is held, and to whom it may be passed on.
The School holds information on pupils in order to support their teaching and learning, to monitor and report on their progress, to provide appropriate pastoral care, and to assess how well the school is doing. This information includes; contact details, National Curriculum assessment results, attendance information, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information.
We are required to pass some of this data onto the Local Education Authority (LEA), to another school to which the pupil is transferring, to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), and to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) which is responsible for the National Curriculum and associated assessment arrangements.
The Local Education Authority uses information about pupils to carry out specific functions for which it is responsible, such as the assessment of any special educational needs the pupil may have, the allocation of school places and to facilitate the tracking of vulnerable pupils. It also uses information to derive statistics to inform decisions on (for example) the funding of schools, and to assess the performance of schools and set targets for them. The statistics are used in such a way that individual pupils cannot be identified from them.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority uses information about pupils to administer the National Curriculum tests and assessments for Key Stages 1 to 3. The results of these are passed on to the DfES in order for it to compile statistics on trends and patterns in levels of achievement. The QCA uses the information to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Curriculum and the associated assessment arrangements, and to ensure that these are continually improved.
The Department for Education and Skills uses information about pupils for statistical purposes, to evaluate and develop education policy and to monitor the performance of the education service as a whole. The statistics (including those based on the information provided by the QCA) are used in such a way that individual pupils cannot be identified from them. The DfES will feed back to LEA's and schools, information about their pupils where they are lacking this information because it was not passed on by a former school. On occasion information may be shared with other Government departments or agencies strictly for statistical or research purposes only.
Pupils as data subjects, have certain rights under the Data Protection Act, including a general right of access to personal data held on them, with parents exercising this right on their behalf if they are too young to do so themselves. If you wish to access the personal data held about your child then please contact the relevant organisation in writing:
- the school - St Mary's Catholic Junior School, Barn Way, Newton-le-Willows
WA12 9QQ
- the LEA via the Councils Data Protection Officer at: The IT Strategy
and Regulation Unit,
The Town Hall, Victoria Square, ST HELENS, WA10 1HP
- the QCA's Data Protection Officer at QCA, 83 Piccadilly, LONDON, W1J
8QA
- the DfES's Data Protection Officer at DfES, Caxton House, Tothill
Street, LONDON, SW1H 9NA.
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