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Contents: Introduction Headteacher’s Welcome Charlesworth Vision and Values Term Dates

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School Context pg8 Insight into the school 9 Strategic Planning 10-13 School Improvement Priorities 11 Staffing Structure 12 The Governing Body Church School Statement

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Staff Expectations Planning, Preparation and Assessment Punctuality and Attendance

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Communication Internal Communication External Communication Class Dojo

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Administrative Matters The School Day Daily Timetable Assemblies Assembly Guidance

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Extended Schools Provision Acorns Wraparound Care External After School Clubs

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Uniform Expectations

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Safeguarding Child Protection Policy/ Guidance Raising a concern and CPOMS Staff Safety Code of Conduct Whistleblowing Code of Conduct Acceptable Use, Social Media and Social GDPR/ Data Protection Expected Professional Standards Staff Behaviour and Appearance

Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning Policies and procedures Appraisal cycle Charlesworth School Curriculum Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities Raising Concerns Provision Mapping Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP’s) Marking and Feedback Home Learning Educational Visits Whole School Days

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Workload and Well-being Children’s Behaviour Promoting Good Behaviour Managing Challenging Behaviour Expectations for Staff Expectations for Parents

Financial Procedures Parentmail Invoices Ordering and Purchasing Crowden Residential Declaration of Business Interest Photocopying and Printing Security and Visitors to School ID Badges Keys and Fobs Visitors invited to the school

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Health and Safety Risk Assessment Emergency Plans and Procedures Fire Drill or other Emergency Evacuation First Aid and Medical Needs First Aid Procedures First Aid Equipment and Medical Boxes First Aid for Trips Serious Accidents and Accident Reporting Medical Needs Medications in School 4|Page

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Allergies Health and Safety Training Playground Safety Care of Premises

Headteacher Message

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Charlesworth Vision and Values

Understand and practise the values of the Christian faith. “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way as I have loved you, you love one another” John 13:34 Develop a sense of awe and wonder. “Take a look at God’s wonders – they will take your breath away” Psalm 66:5 Become articulate communicators. “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger” James 1:19 Take informed risks in their learning. “I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 6|Page

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Develop the wisdom to constructively challenge ideas and opinions. “Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding.” Proverbs 3:13 Respect themselves, others and the world around them.

“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

Term Dates

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School Context Charlesworth School has been an important part of the local community for many years. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive, safe and family orientated school that promotes the distinctive values that underpin our Christian ethos and are firmly rooted in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. We seek to help all our children and their families to develop a strong sense of belonging and identity through hospitality, compassion and support in order to develop to their full God-given potential.

Originally two schools, we joined together as a voluntary controlled school in the late 1990’s that operates on two sites a short walk apart from each other. The Infant building is on Long Lane and the Junior building is on Town Lane (dating back to 1850 and 1823 respectively). Both buildings stand in delightful grounds that provide fantastic outdoor learning areas where children can explore themselves and the environment around them. As staff we feel that it is essential for all parts of the school community to work together in close partnership and for all members to feel valued, listened to and understood. As a new 8|Page

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow member to our staff team, we will provide supportive, caring and respectful relationships that support each person to develop their role effectively and become an active, engaged member of the team. attending celebration events and services we hold at the local churches. We encourage parents to share their own skills and experiences as part of our shared learning.

Number of pupils on roll = 110 children 20% of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) 45% of pupils with special educational needs 0% of pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) Number of looked-after children = 0 children

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School Development Plan

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Staffing Structure

Subject Leaders

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The Governing Body A Full Governing Board can have up to 15 governors: • Headteacher • 4 x Parent Governors • 1 x Local Authority Governor • 1 x Staff Governor • 3 x Foundation Governors • 5 x Co-opted Governors Chair – Mrs Dorothy Phillips Vice Chair – Mr Imran Kassim Teaching and Learning Committee Chair – Mrs Dorothy Phillips Resources Committee Chair – Mr Imran Kassim

Full Governing Body Dorothy Phillips – Chair of Governors Imran Kassim – Vice Chair of Governors Philip Whiston – Headteacher Kathryn Barton – Staff Governor Joy Wright – Foundation Governor Councillor George Wharmby – LEA Governor Reverend Hazel Cook – Foundation Governor David Pryce – Parent Governor Sarah Hyde - Parent Governor Vacancy - Parent Governor Vacancy - Community Governor

Teaching and Learning Committee Dorothy Phillips – Chair and Chair of Governors Philip Whiston – Headteacher Kathryn Barton – Staff Governor David Pryce – Parent Governor Joy Wright – Foundation Governor Sarah Hyde - Parent Governor 13 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Vacancy - Parent Governor

Resources Committee Imran Kassim – Chair and Parent Governor Dorothy Phillips – Vice Chair and Chair of Governors Philip Whiston – Headteacher Kathryn Barton - Staff Governor Councillor George Wharmby – Local Authority Governor David Pryce – Parent Governor Reverend Hazel Cook – Foundation Governor

Church School Statement Charlesworth VC Primary School aims to serve our community, within a Christian Vision, equipping our children with the skills and attributes to flourish in life, in all its fullness, underpinned by the vision ‘From tiny acorns, great oaks grow.’ We believe that we are all created in the image of God and that we are able to open our hearts and allow ourselves to be transformed by him, leaving our positive imprints on others. We believe it is our privilege and duty to responsibly nurture and support our children, the community and ourselves so that we stride forwards together to make the community and the world that we live in a better place. Our school lives and breathes the Church’s vision of John 10:10, that every child will flourish and that they will achieve the very best they can, fulfilling their dreams and ambitions. It is a place where all are valued as individuals and as God’s children. The whole child matters to God and we invest time to nurture children’s intellectual developments as well as their many other gifts. Recognising its historic foundation, the school will preserve and develop its religious character in accordance with the principles and practices of the Protestant Foundation Churches and in partnership with those Churches, bring these characteristics into the present day. The school aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith and promotes 14 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Christian values through the experiences it offers to all its pupils.

Staff Expectations

Planning, Preparation and Assessment Time All teachers are entitled to 10% of their teaching and learning time to be used for planning, preparation and assessment. Therefore, all full-time teachers will be given an afternoon out of class and all 0.6 teachers will be given 1.5 hours out of class, per week. Subject leaders will receive additional time out of class, during the term where their subject is monitored. Some points to note about PPA: • All staff are able to take their PPA off site but this must be agreed with the headteacher or Senior Leader prior to each occasion.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Staff may be required to attend planning and/ or assessment meetings as part of their PPA. • If staff need to adapt the day of their PPA, due to school closures or school events, all requests will be accommodated, with notice given to do so.

Punctuality and Attendance Staff are asked to be on duty for a minimum of 10 minutes before their day begins. Teachers should make sure that sessions begin and end punctually, so that both breaks and lessons start on time. Consideration is made for staff illness, but high expectations of attendance are in place for all staff. If you are unable to attend work, it is essential that you: • Contact the headteacher • Send an email to the [email protected] email address • Contact the teacher that you work alongside. • Any staff member directly impacted by your absence You must contact school if you will be unable to return to work the following day, Staff are able to self-certify for a period of 5 days, but then must provide a ‘sick note’ from a doctor. Staff are entitled to up to 5 days absence for issues related to dependents (illness, appointments).

Leave of absence other than for sickness may be granted in exceptional circumstances, but staff must full out a ‘Request for Absence Form’ which can be found in the photocopying room at the Infant site and in the back office at the Junior site. A paid request for leave may only be granted for the following circumstances: compassionate leave, personal events or emergencies, moving house, interviews for jobs, presentation of degrees or hospital appointments. Any other reasons are at the discretion of the headteacher and governors and will be unpaid. Routine medical or dental appointments should be made outside of the school teaching day or during school holidays. 16 | P a g e

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If you attend a school residential trip, you are entitled to 1 day in lieu which can be taken at any time (except the first day or last day of a term), as long as a minimum of 10 working days notice is given.

Communication Internal Communication Staff Meetings Staff meetings will take place on a Thursday at 4:00 – 5:00pm in the Class Two classroom, unless specified by the headteacher. All teachers are expected to attend. HLTA/ TA’s and other support staff are welcome to attend if they choose but will be invited to Staff meetings that are of particular relevance to them. The outline for Staff Meetings will be given to staff at the start of each term but are subject to change depending on the training needs and events taking place within school.

School Email All staff are allocated a school email address, which will be the main source of administration emails being sent. All staff must be able to access their school email to ensure any Office emails are received, so that Parentmail can be used effectively and so that staff can log incidents on CPOMS.

Shared Calendar A Whole School Calendar is created by the SLT/ Office staff and all updates are shared with the staff at the beginning of each half term. A copy of the calendar will be on display in each site.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow All staff are invited to a social ‘WhatsApp’ group. This group is a social, conversational forum which is used to support the well-being of staff. No sensitive information is shared on this group and there is no expectation for staff to respond to the messages in this group.

External Communication School Website Our school website is actively used and is where lots of information can be found. We upload current policies, school information as well as a wealth of other documents there. There is no expectation for staff to add to the website, but key information can be found there. Our school website can be found here.

Facebook Our Facebook page allows us to develop our social media presence. Links to key events are added to the Facebook page. There is no expectation for staff to add to the Facebook page. Our school Facebook page can be found here.

Newsletter At Charlesworth school we create a weekly newsletter that is sent out via Parentmail on a Friday. The Newsletter is produced by Microsoft Sway and is a way of celebrating the events and achievements in school. All staff are encouraged to contribute to the newsletter and class teachers are asked to send a commentary and photographs about what they have been doing in class. The newsletter also includes diary dates; celebrations, details of important events.

Parentmail Parentmail is an online system that supports the communication from the office to all members of the school community. Parentmail enables group emails to be sent out, forms for trips to be created, payments to be set up and 18 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow registers to be taken. Staff can ask for information to be sent out via Parentmail, but the majority of correspondence will come from the SLT or Office staff.

Class Dojo Class Dojo is the main method of communication used by teachers to parents. Staff are able to: • • • • •

Add posts onto the class wall promoting events, homework, activities Add photographs and observations onto a child’s individual portfolio. Message parents directly. Add ‘Dojo’ points (positive behaviour points) for each child. Add upcoming events to a calendar

Class Dojo is led and managed by individual Class teachers and allows almost instant contact with parents. To protect the well-being of our staff, ‘quiet hours’ are set for them between 4:30pm and 8am, which provides an Out-ofOffice response to parents. The SLT as Designated Safeguarding Leads do not follow this and can be contacted at any time. It is made clear to parents that they may not always receive an immediate response but that the SLT are monitoring the messages. Parents from any class have direct access to bothMr Whiston and Miss Barton.

Parents are encouraged to use Class Dojo as the main form of communication with the Class teachers.

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Administrative Matters The School Day Juniors – Children arrive at 8:55am and leave at 3:30pm Infants – Children arrive at 9:10am and leave at 3:15pm The 15-minute difference enables parents to move between the sites in the case of siblings.

Daily Timetable The school day at Charlesworth School operates from 7:30am, when Acorns Wraparound Care opens. Our after-school provision runs until 6pm. All children have a playtime in the morning and Infant children receive free fruit and milk. Our Infant children then have a second playtime in the afternoon. The Junior children have Golden Time, which is a designated extended play one afternoon per week. The timetable differs on a Friday, when we hold ‘Whole School Open Worships’ at the Junior site. Infants 9:10am 9:15am 9:40am 10:00am 10:30am 10:45am 12:00 1:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm

Juniors Infant children enter school Morning Challenge and Register Phonics Short teaching session Playtime Teaching Session Lunchtime Teaching Session Playtime Assembly Hometime

8:55am 9:00am 9:15am 10:30am 10:45am 12:00 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 3:30pm

Infant children enter school Morning Challenge and Register Teaching Session One Playtime Teaching Session Two Lunchtime Assembly Teaching Session Three Teaching Session Four Hometime

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Assemblies We hold an act of Collective worship on both sites every day. These worships include: • • • • •

Values assembly Hymn Practise Celebration Assembly Story assembly Open Worship

Assembly Guidance • An assembly rota is established at the beginning of each academic year and is shared with all staff. • All teachers are expected to lead one class assembly per term, sharing the class’s learning and will lead one production (Infants Christmas Nativity, Juniors a Summer Production). • Open Worship will be led by members of the local churches and/ or community. These worships will be booked a term in advance and parents will be invited to attend.

Lunchtime Information On both sites, lunchtime is between 12:00 and 1:00pm. Our teaching assistants provide lunchtime support on both sites. Infant Staff: Katherine Mooney (Server) Kelly Collier, Katy Millward, Jenni Rayson (Lunchtime staff) Junior Staff: Caroline Williams (Server) Chrissie Brennan, Hannah James (Lunchtime Staff) If staff are absent, cover will be sought from staff internally. 21 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Lunches are ordered from St Margaret’s School and numbers of lunches provided to the kitchen by the SBA on a termly basis. Derbyshire Catering Services will provide ongoing information regarding menus and cost which will then be distributed to staff and parents.

Registers We currently use paper-based registers that need to be printed and taken to each class by Monday morning. Registers are then collected the following Monday and all data added to the RM Integris system. All register codes are clearly identified in the Register folders for each class. Children should be marked present with a diagonal stroke (/). All absences should be marked with the correct code. If staff are unsure, they should include a brief comment regarding why the child was absent, to enable the office staff to be able to add the correct code. A late mark (L) will be added if a child is late but before the close of register, or a total of 10 minutes. This will be 9:05am in the Juniors and 9:20am in the Infants. A missed session mark (U) will be added if a child is late after the close of register, or a total of 20 minutes or more. This will be 9:15am in the Juniors and 9:30am in the Infants.

First Day Phone Call If a child is absent and no message (via Class Dojo, email or telephone) has been received, the class teachers will inform the Office staff. They will then make a first day phone call to establish the reason for absence. This will then be reported back to the class teacher. If there is no answer or an acceptable reason for absence is not given, the Office staff will then pass to the Designated Safeguarding Leads for them to be dealt with. They will continue to attempt to contact the family and/ or ascertain a clear reason for absence. Safeguarding procedures will then be followed. 22 | P a g e

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Extended Schools Provision Acorns Wraparound Care Our ‘Acorns Wraparound Care’ was established in February 2022, following many years of only running a Breakfast Club provision. Breakfast Club Session 7:30am to School opens Cost £5.50 per session After School Session End of the School Day to: 5pm Cost £6.50 per session 6pm Cost £8.50 per session

Manager – Miss Barton Staff – Chrissie Brennan, Kelly Collier If staff are absent, our Wraparound Care will be covered internally by other Teaching Assistants. Organisation of ‘Acorns Wraparound Care’ will be led by Miss Barton and all communications are to be directed through her, including bookings/ parental contact, invoices and staff absences.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Shopping for ‘Acorns’ is currently through Tesco’s and is bought online for a weekly delivery slot.

After School Clubs Additionally, to our Wraparound Care, we also have some extra after school clubs from external providers. Peak Active Sports: PAS are a local company who offer sports clubs. They currently run a sports club at Charlesworth on a Wednesday after school. They will provide information to the office at the beginning of each term and bookings/ payments will be made directly with them.

Inside Out Forest School

Inside Out are a local company providing a Forest School club. They currently run an after-school club at Charlesworth on a Thursday after school.

They will provide information to the office at the beginning of each term and bookings/ payments will be made directly with them. Inside Out Forest School also provide a weekly session in school time. Please see Curriculum for more information.

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Uniform Expectations Children are expected to look smart at Charlesworth Primary School and staff are expected to support the uniform policy. Children should wear:

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Safeguarding

Child Protection Policy/ Guidance At Charlesworth School we recognise or moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. We endeavor to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.

Safeguarding our children is the responsibility of every member of staff at Charlesworth School. We have dedicated safeguarding staff members who work together to ensure the safety of all children at Charlesworth School. Safeguarding Staff Kathryn Barton Philip Whiston

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

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Raising a concern and CPOMS Any concerns about a child or family, or any disclosures made, must be passed on immediately to one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL). This is done by adding an incident using CPOMS. Please ensure that when completing an incident that a verbatim and detailed account of the incident with day, date and time are recorded. Please also ensure that full names are used throughout the forms. If you need support completing an incident form on CPOMS, please speak to one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Support staff may write their account down on paper and pass to their Class Teacher to record on CPOMS on their behalf.

Please remember we can never offer confidentiality to children if they want to disclose information to us. All staff receive safeguarding training on a regular basis and there is an update at least annually on the government guidelines contained in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022’. Please find the link below: Please see the ‘Child Protection Policy’ for more detailed guidance about best practise and statutory guidance.

Staff Safety For the protection of staff, no adult should ever be in a room alone with a child with the door closed. If you have to speak to a child alone in privacy, ensure that the door to the room is open – ideally with another adult just outside. If privacy is not required, make sure that at least one other person is in the room.

Please refer to the ‘Intimate Care Policy’ for further information about providing intimate care and best practise around such care of children.

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Code of Conduct Whistleblowing Charlesworth has a school ‘Whistleblowing Policy’ that protects staff members who report colleagues they believe are doing something wrong or illegal, or who are neglecting their duties. The school whistleblowing policy has a key role to play in safeguarding children. Whistleblowing is when a worker reports suspected wrongdoing at work. Wrong-doing covered by this ‘public interest disclosure’ includes: • • • • • • •

someone’s health and safety is in danger; damage to the environment; a criminal offence; not obeying the law; covering up wrongdoing; misusing public funds; actions that negatively impact the welfare of children.

Where staff have concerns they should aim to report it internally first before using an external ‘prescribed person or body’. Making a report to an external person may only be undertaken where the staff member thinks the school will cover it up, would treat them unfairly if they complained or have raised the matter before, but the concern hasn’t been dealt with. At Charlesworth School, concerns should be raised with the headteacher or if the complaint is about the headteacher, with the Chair of Governors.

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Code Of Conduct The ‘Derbyshire Code of Conduct’ sets out the professional standards expected and the duty upon adults to abide by it. All adults have a duty to keep pupils safe, promote their welfare and to protect them from radicalisation (the Prevent Duty), abuse (sexual, physical and emotional), neglect and safeguarding concerns. This duty is, in part, exercised through the development of respectful, caring and professional relationships between adults and pupils and behaviour by adults that demonstrate integrity, maturity and good judgement. Following this Code will help to safeguard adults from being maliciously, falsely or mistakenly suspected or accused of misconduct in relation to pupils.

Acceptable Use, Social Media and Social Networking All staff, governors and volunteers have particular legal/ professional obligations and it is imperative that all parties understand that online safety is part of safeguarding as well as part of the curriculum, and it is everybody’s responsibility to uphold the school’s approaches, strategy and policy as detailed in the full ‘Acceptable use of the Internet and Electronic Communication’ Policy, ‘E-safety Policy’ and the ‘Social Media’ policy. These policies detail the expectations of Charlesworth School but some key principles are: • All systems and users are protected by our Smoothwall, but they are also monitored by this service. • You are representing the school when posting on social media, refrain from posting negative, threatening or violent comments about others, regardless of whether they are members of the school community or not. • Do not contact any pupil in any other way that school approved ways. 29 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Do not use personal devices in school to capture images or videos or access inappropriate websites or apps. • Always comply with GDPR regulations.

GDPR/ Data Protection Charlesworth School collects and uses certain types of personal information about staff, pupils, parents and other individuals who come into contact with the school in order to provide education and associated functions. The school may be required by law to collect and use certain types of information to comply with statutory obligations related to employment, education and safeguarding, and this policy is intended to ensure that personal information is dealt with properly and securely and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and other related legislation. Please see our full GDPR Policy.

Staff Behaviour and Appearance All adults at Charlesworth School are treated with mutual respect from all adults and children. Teachers and Teaching Assistants are always known by their professional name, however additional staff may be known by their first name. The aim of this is to break down barriers with the staff that the children may not have direct contact with as often, and ensures that all adults are treated in the same way and with the same level of respect.

Whilst we have no specific dress code at Charlesworth, we ask that all staff are dressed in a smart-casual way, using a common sense approach to determine what is and isn’t appropriate for different school settings and occasions. We expect the following to be adhered to: • Staff lanyards to be worn at all times • Clothes worn should cover the body appropriately • Appropriate footwear should be worn

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Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning Policies and procedures Teaching and Learning at Charlesworth School aims to uphold the school vision: To understand and practise the values of the Christian faith, to develop a sense of awe and wonder, to become articulate communicators, to take informed risks in their learning, to develop wisdom to constructively challenge ideas and opinions and to respect themselves, others and the world around them. The school’s teaching and learning policy reflects and builds upon the minimum requirements for teachers’ practice and conduct, set out in the DFE’s ‘Teacher Standards’ published guidance. The standards define the minimum level of practice and expected of trainees, ECT’s and teachers from the point of being awarded qualified teacher status (QTS).

The school’s Teaching and Learning Policy sets out to ensure that the school’s curriculum is successfully implemented by supporting teachers and support staff with their ongoing teaching practice and professional development. The 31 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Early Years Foundation Stage Policy outlines what good teaching and learning will look like in the Early Years.

Teaching and Learning at Charlesworth School aims to: • Offer rich, varied and exciting learning opportunities for children • Develop children’s confidence, independence and ability to work collaboratively • Raise attainment and drive good progress for all children • Develop children’s awareness and ability to be critical of their own work and the work of others • Develop a supportive and positive adult learning environment where ideas for teaching practice are openly shared and tried • Encourage teachers to actively engage in their ongoing professional development by critically reflecting on and adapting their own practice. Teaching and Learning Outcomes • The learning journey for children at Charlesworth School is challenging and engaging for all, with high aspirations and expectations for every child. • The learning journey focuses on developing awe and wonder in every child. • The learning is accessible, fun and developed by the children. The children at Charlesworth will remember their primary school learning for years to come. • The learning journey ensures that prior learning and knowledge is built on and continuously developed to acquire skills which can be applied in a wide variety of relevant situations. • Children are challenged in their learning to reach their highest potential regardless of background, starting points or learning support needs. Teachers demonstrate this through the school’s ongoing Assessment and Monitoring cycle. • The well-being of our children is at the forefront of what we do at Charlesworth. If our children feel safe, happy and secure they will become confident and effective learners. • Children learn to become ambitious, compassionate and empowered because of the way in which staff demonstrate and model these core school values. • The children are confident to take risks with their learning and are able to learn from their mistakes. 32 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Teachers aim to develop the whole child through creative variety, breadth of experience and opportunity. • Teachers demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of the children they teach and evidence this in pupil progress meetings. • Teacher are clear on any areas of development for each child and are responsible for supporting each child in their next steps of learning. • Teachers are reflective, willing to take risks and take on board feedback in order to ensure that the children they teach get the best possible education.

Appraisal cycle Charlesworth School uses the Derbyshire model policy (based off the DFE guidance) for appraisal, along with the Teachers’ standards, to inform the appraisal cycle. The model policy is based on the requirements of the 2012 regulations on teacher appraisal, which apply to teachers in maintained schools. The following cycle is used for teacher appraisal at Charlesworth.

At Charlesworth, the teachers will be appraised by the headteacher. Together, the teacher and headteacher will seek to agree on the teacher’s professional

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow development targets. These targets will be set before the appraisal period begins (by 31st October) at the beginning of each academic year. Professional Development targets will: • Be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound (SMART) • Be appropriate to the teacher’s role and level of experience • Contribute to the school’s improvement plan

Charlesworth School Curriculum The curriculum is the total of all the learning experiences provided by the school for each child. We aim to provide a broad, balanced curriculum at all stages of the children’s development through which each child will be able to reach their full potential and develop their individual talents, interests and skills. We use a thematic approach to make links between different subjects as we believe that this makes learning relevant and enjoyable. We also use the local environment and educational visits to enhance the children’s engagement and understanding. We are committed to developing children’s skills for learning alongside personal and social skills. The themed approach to our curriculum enables many of the subjects in the national curriculum programmes of study (known as Foundation Subjects) to be delivered in an engaging and challenging context where pupils can understand their relevance. Each class teaches a bi-annual curriculum to ensure coverage. Thematic plans can be found on the school website.

Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities Charlesworth school is a fully inclusive school, which welcomes and caters for all children, regardless of special educational need or disability. Children with special educational needs will be placed on our inclusion register and coded as either ‘K’ (School Support) or ‘E’ (EHCP). There are four broad categories of SEND: • Cognition and Learning (CL) • Communication and Interaction (CI) • Physical and Sensory (PS) 34 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)

Raising Concerns Where staff are concerned about a child’s needs, but they are not already identified on the inclusion register they should raise their concerns directly with the SENDCO. The SENDCO at Charlesworth School is Kathryn Barton. Where concerns are significant or ongoing, the teacher and the SENDCO will jointly agree the next steps, which could include: • Meeting with parents • Planning school-based support, including Precision Teaching and ‘My Time’ (Positive Play) • Accessing professional support by making referrals or engaging with professional SEND support, such as Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language, Autism Outreach.

Vulnerable Children Children may be added to the inclusion register if the SENDCO and other staff feel the child has a level of vulnerability due to family circumstance. An example of this may be when a child’s family separate, there is a family bereavement or a parental mental health issue. Children identified as vulnerable, will be monitored and supported within school. Their inclusion on the register is flexible and not time limited.

Provision Mapping Children with an identified SEND will have a ‘My SEND Learning Plan’ which is a working document that supports the needs of the individual child. This document will include the ‘Assess, Plan, Do, Review’ cycle as set out in the SEND Code of Practice. • Assess – A provision map will be created which is based on a current parent child’s present needs and current assessment data. • Plan – The SENDCO and teachers will write SMART targets linked to an assessment of the child’s current needs. • Do – Where appropriate, and according to need, children’s provision will consist of: 1. Quality first teaching, coordinated by the Class Teacher 35 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow 2. Precision teaching delivered by TA’s 3. Interventions led by the TA’s and SENDCO. 4. Support from external professionals, organised and managed by the SENDCO. • Review – Provision maps will be reviewed as part of the ‘My SEND Programme’, on termly basis, before new targets are set.

Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP’s) Children with EHCP’s receive a pot of additional top-up funding, which the SENDCO and headteacher use to organise provision to meet their needs. Class teachers who have children with EHCP’s in their class will: • Be accountable for meeting children’s targets, where appropriate • Be expected to attend termly meetings with parents, where appropriate • Attend and contribute to yearly annual reviews.

Marking and Feedback Rationale At Charlesworth School, we mark work with a view to enabling each child to seek the highest level of personal achievement. To ensure that this happens, we regularly monitor the actions we have taken, so that we are able to make a judgement about how effective these actions have been in improving pupil outcomes. This gives us information on which we can base future decisions about the development of the school. Aims and Objectives • To value children’s work; • To highlight and celebrate success; • To support improvement; • To Identify next steps in learning; • To motivate and build aspiration. At Charlesworth School, we believe that the greatest motivational benefits and improvements will come from focusing feedback and marking on: • The qualities of the children’s own work, in relation to the learning objective and not on comparison with other children; • Specific ways in which the child’s work could be improved, and being given the opportunity to do so; 36 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Improvements the child has made in comparison to his/her previous work; • The response the child has given to the teachers marking and feedback comments. Feedback can be written or verbal and can be focused on an individual, group or whole class. School leaders and class teachers are aware that quantity does not equal quality. Quality is demonstrated by children’s ability to move forward in their learning.

There is no expectation for: • Every piece of learning to receive written feedback • Extensive written comments for children’s learning • Children to respond to written comments but rather to make improvements in future learning based on any advice given • Verbal feedback to be recorded – progress of children in a lesson/ week will show this instead • Specific symbols to be used in written marking There is an expectation that: • Feedback (either written or verbal) is immediate • There is evidence of progress from one lesson to another, which was the result of written or verbal feedback • Teachers plans are adapted on a daily basis in response to children’s learning. • Important errors in the basic skills of literacy are identified by teachers as an appropriate level (e.g. lack of capital letters, some spelling errors, missing punctuation). 37 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow More information can be found in the Marking and Feedback policy and Assessment Policy.

Homework Homework is differentiated for the year groups across school by task and length of time. Reading All children across school, are expected to read on a daily basis and for their parent/ carer to sign their reading record book. All children receive new books on a regular basis. Infant children receive a Phonics book, based around the sounds they are learning in phonics and a Supplementary book, based around another aspect of reading such as key words, punctuation or fluency. Phonics Shed/ Spelling Shed In EYFS and Year One the children access Phonics Shed which provides activities and learning around the phonemes they are working on in Phonics. From Year Two to Year Six, the children access Spelling Shed which provides activities and learning around key spellings for the year group. TT Rockstars Children from Year Two to Year Six are given a TT Rockstars log in for them to complete activities based around the key times tables that they need to know. Year One children are provided with this login in the Summer term. Duolingo Children from Year Three to Year Six have a login to Duolingo which they are asked to complete a range of activities linked to Modern Foreign Languages.

CPG Books Children from Year Three to Year six also have CPG books that they are allocated pages from linked to the key skills in both Literacy and Numeracy that they are practising at the present time.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow We are passionate that educational visits support and enhance the provision of the curriculum and enrich all children’s educational experience. Educational visits/ activities, therefore, are expected to take place at least three times per year. It is essential that children undertake a range of visits including to sports venues, museums, art galleries, exhibitions, places of worship, parks, the theatre, animal environments (farm, zoo, aquarium) in every year group. No child will leave Charlesworth having not experienced a wide range of educational visits, including trips to the pantomime, concerts with Young Voices, playing with the Halle orchestra, residential trips to Crowden, visits to enhance their class topic. Trips will be organised, and payments taken via Parentmail. Teachers will liaise with the SBA to ensure that all trips are organised with enough advance notice to ensure that parents do not find the payment a challenge, especially due to the cost-of-living crisis. For Disadvantaged families, a payment plan can be put into place and/ or a reduction in the cost of the trip. Class teachers are responsible for completing risk assessments on Evolve using the link: https://evolve.edufocus.co.uk/evco10/evchome_public.asp?domain=derbyshir evisits.com These risk assessments will then be sent to the Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) which is the Senior Business Assistant, if trained. This will then be passed to the headteacher for final approval (If the Senior Business Assistant has not been changed then they will be passed directly to the headteacher). Further information on Educational Visits can be found in our Educational Visits Policy.

Whole School Days Due to the nature of a split-site school it is vital that we work hard to enable our children to have the opportunity to work together as a school Whole school days are planned to enable this to happen. We hole a 39 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow themed Whole School at least once per half term and the days are focused around the key areas from the SDP. During these days the children work together in mixed year groups to learn and have fun.

Workload and Well-being At Charlesworth, we define well-being as ‘a state of being physically, socially and emotionally cared for’, ‘being comfortable, healthy and happy’, ‘being resilient and able to cope with challenges’. The biggest asset Charlesworth has is its staff, the biggest asset they have is their health and wellbeing. As Charlesworth we aim to identify ways which we can work together to make sure our school is a safe, caring and happy place to work which enhances individual well-being, through personal fulfillment and professional identity. We believe that this will in turn benefit our children and our school community. We spend more daylight hours in school than at home, so it is important that we can have ownership of many of the decisions that affect us and that all staff feel ownership over their working lives. Our approach to supporting such well-being is defined in our Staff Well-being Policy. At Charlesworth we aim to promote a healthy work-life balance for all staff, where hard work and dedication, as well of the challenges of working in the context of a small primary school, are recognised. We aim to do this by: • Producing calendars of meetings, deadlines and events so that staff can plan ahead and manage their workload. • Offering additional PPA/ non-contact time, especially during times of high workloads. For example, around Assessment week. • Allowing PPA to be taken at home for any staff members that would value this option. • Ensuring that there is only one meeting within the week and that if alternative events are planned there will be no staff meeting that week. 40 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Investing in staff CPD, including any professional and academic qualifications where the staff demonstrate an interest in doing so. • Providing additional non-contact time for Subject leaders to manage their subject. This will be based around the priorities in our SDP. • Reducing workload: - No expectation to mark every piece of learning or write extensive comments. - No expectation for formal written lesson plans, unless requested by SLT. - PPA cover HLTA’s plan, mark and assess their own lessons. - INSET day or additional time given for such things as annual report writing, planning for whole school days, preparing subject leader reports etc. • Engaging staff in annual well-being questionnaires to listen to and identify their needs. • Enforcing the rule that no emails should be sent out before 7am, after 7pm, or at the weekend, unless involving a safeguarding issue impacting staff. • There is no expectation for staff to respond to emails or carry out work outside of typical school working hours (8am – 6pm). • Having an SLT team that teaches – we believe that this enables the SLT to experience the day-to-day pressures of teaching, and this is the best way to ensure that we don’t lose sight of the demands and pressures of teaching.

Behaviour Management At Charlesworth, we use positive behaviour management strategies to ensure our children feel happy and confident in school. Our Behaviour Policy provides detailed guidance for staff on managing student behaviour.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow We believe that positive behaviour management encourages children to make good choices and prevents poor behaviour. We promote good behaviour through: • Using a shared language (“We are ready, we are kind, we are respectful”) • Framing rules using positive language (e.g. “Walking feet” rather than “Stop running”) • Celebrating children’s good choices and successes through Class Dojo points, stickers and Celebration assemblies. • Providing calm, quiet, and tidy working environments. • Praising children who make good choices. • Well-planned, highly engaging lessons • Explaining and agreeing classroom systems and rules with the children • Modelling good behaviour

Managing Challenging Behaviour The majority of behaviour problems can be managed using the positive behaviour approaches outlined in the school behaviour policy. Where poor behaviour continues, staff are expected to follow the school’s behaviour system: Verbal warning – Children are given a verbal warning regarding their behaviour. Children are spoken to regarding their behaviour and the positive steps they can take to improve it. Children are encouraged to “turn it around” and make better behaviour choices. Yellow card – If the challenging behaviour continues, children will receive a ‘Yellow card’. Children will then receive a time sanction of either missing time from a playtime or Golden Time (in the Juniors). Children will be spoken to regarding their behaviour and the positive steps they can take to improve it. Teaching assistants will be on hand to offer additional support for the children to make better behaviour choices. Red card – If the challenging behaviours continues and is repeated then children will be given a red card. Children will then receive a longer time sanction, including missing full playtimes. Parents will be informed of the red card. Please see the full behaviour policy for the next steps in the sanctions for managing challenging behaviour.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow At each stage, children are encouraged to be reflective about their own behaviour and in what steps they can take to improve. Children are encouraged to share their thoughts and feelings, to be honest and open, in being able to discuss their behaviour with others. For extremely challenging behaviour please see the below flow chart for how staff will respond to an incident.

Expectations for Staff Children look to adults as models of how to behave. As such, all adults are expected to: • Model our school values of ambition, compassion and empowerment. • Treat all pupils equally, using positive, non-discriminatory language. • Provide a safe, secure environment where all pupils feel valued and respected. • Follow the school’s well-being policy, applying it fairly across all children. 43 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Escalate behaviour issues to the right person at the right time. Staff also have a responsibility to communicate clearly with parents about their children’s behaviour.

Expectations for Parents Parents are our partners in developing children’s positive behaviours. Parents are encouraged to work with teachers by: • Informing teachers about any issues going on at home that might affect their children’s behaviour and well-being. • Meeting with teachers and school leaders about their children’s behaviour. • Supporting the school and its teachers by working together.

Financial Procedures For the most, financial transactions take place online and directly through the office. There are minimal occasions where staff will have to take cash payments.

Parentmail Parentmail is used for the majority of all payments in school. This includes: • Dinner money • Trip payments 44 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow • Acorns Wraparound Care payments • Residential payments • Purchasing of items for sale, for example, t-shirts for Young Voices.

Invoices Invoices for services or bills for the school are handled directly by the office and SBA. Invoices are coded appropriately and uploaded to SAP where the headteacher will authorise them for approval. Support for this can be gained from [email protected] And training provided by [email protected]

Ordering and Purchasing Class teachers are allocated a Class budget by the end of the academic year and are responsible for sourcing the resources they need and filling in an order form which includes all details including product name, reference code, quantity and cost. They are responsible for ensuring that they do not go over budget, without agreement from the headteacher. Cleaning/ hygiene supplies: Graham Burford is to speak to you directly regarding supplies of toilet roll, hand towels, bin bags etc. and these can be ordered when required. A log of all purchases will be kept. Photocopy paper/ toner: SBA to monitor when paper on both sites is running low and staff to make aware if needed sooner. Paper will be ordered as required. Photocopier toners are to be ordered as needed, preferably with a second set ordered in advance so that the photocopiers continue to run smoothly. First aid supplies: Kathryn Barton will monitor the first aid supplies and reserves. Staff may request additional supplies through the office, who will then liaise with Kathryn regarding stock and purchasing. Food for Acorns Wraparound Care: This is currently purchased and delivered through a Tesco online order each week. Kathryn will manage this and complete the order. We are looking for alternative ideas for purchasing of food, including Fairshare. For additional resources or orders requested, staff must speak to the headteacher for agreement before asking the SBA to purchase. The SBA must pass these purchases by the headteacher first. 45 | P a g e

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Crowden Residential The Crowden residential for Year 5/ 6 is booked a year in advance and a Parentmail booking form sent out to parents with a minimum of 6 months before the trip. A payment plan will be set up for parents which enables them to pay over a 6-month period.

Declaration of Business Interest All teachers, other members of staff involved in the ordering and payment process will be asked to sign a ‘Declaration of Business Interest’ at the beginning of each year.

VAT Receipts The school can reclaim VAT on most terms of expenditure but only if you obtain a proper VAT receipt when purchasing goods. Obviously, some items such as books are zero rated but in all cases it is important to get a proper itemized receipt for the money spent. By being able to reclaim VAT, we all benefit as our budget goes further. A till receipt should contain the following information: • Supplier’s name and VAT registration number • Description of goods/ services. • Amount payable (including VAT) • Date of supply. • Rate of VAT in force at the time of supply.

Security and Visitors to School ID Badges All staff members are to wear an ID Lanyard to school daily – this will show the staff members photograph, name, position, DBS Reference number and Date of DBS check. New Staff members will work with the office staff to apply for a new ID badge, a temporary badge will be provided until a new ID badge has been delivered.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow All staff members are allocated a key for the building they work in. Staff members who work across both sites are allocated a master key. Staff members are able to ask not to have a key. All staff members must sign to say they have received their key and are responsible for reporting the loss/ damage of a key. Both the headteacher, Senior Leader, and both caretakers have a fob to open and access the buildings. Other staff members, who may be required to set/ unset the alarm, are provided with the code. Staff members are expected to keep this confidential and not share with any other person.

Visitors invited to the school Visitors to the Infant Site will go to the office where they will be greeted by the Senior Business Assistant. They will be asked to sign in and take an appropriate lanyard. Lanyards include: • Staff – for supply staff and students • Governors • Visitors

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Risk Assessment Charlesworth follows the Derbyshire County Council (DCC) guidance on Risk Assessments. These are used to update the Health and Safety Policy and all of our Health and Safety Risk Assessments. All staff have access to all the policies and risk assessments and must follow all of them.

Emergency Plans and Procedures We have a detailed Critical Incident Plan for all staff to follow in the event of an emergency or other critical incident. The Critical Incident folders are held within the office at the Infant site and the back office at the Junior site.

Fire Drill or other Emergency Evacuation There will be a fire drill on each site, at least every half term. When the alarm sounds it will be a continuous alarm and all children must leave the school by their identified route or nearest fire exit. All doors must be closed as the building is exited, with the teacher at the front of the line and a support staff member, where possible, the last person out of the school. All classes must line up in silence at their designated safety spot. SEND TA’s are responsible for the children in their care and additional support will be given to vulnerable children. Please see fire safety plans contained within the designated ‘Fire Safety’ folder at the Long Lane site.

First Aid and Medical Needs All staff are first aid trained throughout school and renewals are planned to ensure that all staff receive appropriate training updates. Kathryn Barton is our names medical needs coordinator. Her role includes the management of first aid, medical needs and medicines. In the event that Kathryn Barton is not available, Philip Whiston will deal with any medical issues or administration. 48 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Additionally, we have two staff members trained in paediatric first aid: Kathryn Barton and Kelly Collier

First Aid Procedures Most small accidents in school with by dealt with by Teaching Assistants but all staff have a responsibility to provide basic care, such as applying plasters or ice packs. In the event of an accident resulting in injury: • The closest member of staff present will assess the seriousness of the injury and decide on the course of action to be taken. • Staff will seek the support of additional staff if they feel the injury is more serious or if they need to contact the emergency services. Both staff members will stay at the scene until help arrives and will seek further assistance from the SLT. • The responding staff member is also responsible for deciding whether the injured person should be moved or placed in the recovery position. • If the staff member judges that a pupil is too unwell to remain in school, parents will be contacted (either by phone or by Class Dojo) and asked to collect their child. • If the emergency services are called, the SLT will contact parents immediately. • Following the incident, the staff member who completed the first aid will complete an accident form as soon as possible afterwards, but definitely by the end of the school day. • For all accidents leading to injury, parents will be informed either by phone call or Class Dojo. • First Aid forms will be sent to the headteacher to be collated and stored. • Any significant injuries including head injuries, broken bones, hospital visits will be logged onto CPOMS by the staff member managing the situation. • SLT will record serious accidents and will report to HSE or complete an AIR form as necessary.

First Aid Equipment and Medical Boxes First aid equipment is stored in: Infants: White First Aid box outside the staff toilet, green first aid box in the hall, and first aid bum bags around the building. 49 | P a g e

From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow Juniors: White First Aid box in the cloakroom of Class Four, green first aid box in the back office and first aid bum bags around the building.

First Aid for Trips First aid provision must be adequate and appropriate. The provision of first aid during off-site visits and activities should therefore be considered as part of the risk-benefit assessment and planning process. When planning first aid provision, trip leaders must assess: • The nature of the activity • The nature of the group • The likely injuries associated with the activity • The extend to which the group will be isolated from the support of the emergency services (both in terms of distance and response time). Since the Covid-19 pandemic, our first aid kits also include hand gel, antiseptic wipes, tissues, bags for waste, gloves and face masks. They could also include disposable aprons and eye protection. As all staff members are trained in first aid, there will always be a first aider on the trip. However, it is important to allocate a staff member to be responsible for first aid throughout the trip. For children in the EYFS, there is a statutory requirement that at least one person who has a current paediatric first aid certificate, must accompany children on outings.

Medical Needs Charlesworth is committed to including children with medical needs and health conditions. At the beginning of the school year, all new medical information will be added to our RM Integris system and will be shared with all relevant staff members. Children with an identified medical need will be added to our Inclusion register under the category of ‘Medical Needs’. Where the medical need is deemed to be serious an Individual Care Plan will be put in place and shared with all relevant staff members. ICP will be kept in the child’s classroom alongside their medication. Staff should refer to the ICP each time they administer medicines.

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From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow The SLT will ensure that all staff receive appropriate training to support the child in their care in administering medicines. If a child takes ill, advice may be sought from parents and on every occasion parents will be informed regarding a child with significant medical needs.

Medications in School All medications in school must be given directly to the Class Teacher alongside an administration form stating the child’s name, details of illness, time and dose of medication. A record of when the medication was given will be shared with parents either by phone call or Class Dojo.

Allergies As with medical needs, all staff will be made aware of any children with allergies. Children who require treatment for their allergies will be recorded on a first aid form and parents will be contacted via phone or Class Dojo. If a child suffers from physical signs of anaphylactic symptoms than the incident will be recorded on CPOMS as well. This also includes staff members. All staff and members of the school community should be made aware of any staff allergies in an attempt to ensure there is no exposure to the allergen.

Health and Safety Training Each year all staff will be updated on the Health and Safety policy and procedures, and all staff must complete online basic Health and Safety training.

Playground Safety All staff have responsibility for all children when they are in the playground. All staff have playground/ lunchtime duties and the safety of the children in paramount at these times. We have a detailed Playground Risk Assessment that explains in detail all the risk measures we have in place to ensure the safety of children at playtime.

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Care of Premises It is the responsibility of everyone that the premises are kept clean and tidy at all times. Our Caretaking team, include Express Cleaners as the employer and Graham Burford and Caroline Williams as the employees working directly in school. Graham Burford – Graham works at the Infant site from 6:30am until 8am. His duties include opening up at the Junior site as well as the Infant site. He is responsible for cleaning at the Infant site. He also has responsibility for some low-level grounds work and maintenance such as small DIY tasks, gritting the playgrounds on an icy day, putting the bins out and ensuring paths are clear. There is an additional cleaner supplied by Express cleaning who does an hour per day at the Infant site and focuses on cleaning the toilets and the offices. This person does change regularly. Caroline Williams – Caroline works at the Junior site from 2pm until 5pm. Her responsibility is to keep the Junior site clean as well as some low-level grounds work such as sweeping leaves. Heavier grounds work is carried out by Vertas and there is a schedule of duties that they will undertake. Faults or problems with the structural, electrical or workings of the premises are carried out by DCC. If you have any concerns regarding this, please raise with the SBA. They will then pass to the SLT before contacting DCC. Any concerns regarding the premises should be raised for the SLT and they will address it with the relevant agency.

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