This is Chingford Foundation School's 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:
 
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 The classes of information which we publish or intend to publish;
   
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 The manner in which the information will be published; and
   
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 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 for you on our website to download and print off.

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. Aims and Objectives
 
Our aim is to provide a quality education. We seek to provide for pupils, of all abilities, a range of activities inside and outside the classroom that will enable them to develop into well qualified, sensible young people. Academic achievement has top priority. 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.
• School Profile- information published in the school profile.
• 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, or you can visit our website at www.chingford-school.co.uk
 
Email: admin@chingford-school.co.uk
Tel: 020 8529 1853
Fax: 020 8506 3875
 
Contact Address:  Senior Administrative Manager or Bursar
Chingford Foundation School
Nevin Drive
Chingford
LONDON E4 7LT
 

To help us process your request quickly, please clearly mark any correspondence "PUBLICATION SCHEME REQUEST" (in CAPITALS please)

If the information you're looking for isn't available via the scheme and isn't on our website, 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:
 •   the name, address and telephone number of the school, and the type of school
 • the names of the head teacher and chair of governors
 • information on the school policy on admissions
 • a statement of the school's ethos and values
 • details of any affiliations with a particular religion or religious denomination, the religious education provided, parents' right to withdraw their child from religious education and collective worship and the alternative provision for those pupils
 • information about the school's policy on providing for pupils with special educational needs
 • number of pupils on roll and rates of pupils’ authorised and unauthorised absences
 • National Curriculum assessment results for appropriate Key Stages, with national summary figures
 • GCSE/GNVQ results in the school, locally and nationally
 • a summary of GCE A/AS level results in the school and nationally
 • the number of pupils studying for and percentage achieving other vocational qualifications
 • the destinations of school leavers1
 • the arrangements for visits to the school by prospective parents
 • the number of places for pupils of normal age of entry in the preceding school year and the number of written applications / preferences expressed for those places
 1Some information might be confidential or otherwise exempt from the publication by law - we cannot therefore publish this
 
School Profile - this section sets out information published in the school profile.
 
Class Description

Instrument of Government

School Profile

 •   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
 
Pupils & Curriculum Policies – This section gives access to information about policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum.
Some of the links below are for PDF files. Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Download the reader here
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. Click here for details.
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. Please refer to the school's prospectus for details. For further information, please contact the school.
Sex Education Policy Statement of policy with regard to sex and relationship education. Please refer to the school's prospectus. For more details, please contact the school.
Special Education Needs Policy Information about the school's policy on providing for pupils with special educational needs. Please refer to the school's prospectus. For more details, please contact the school.
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. Click here for details.
Race Equality Policy Statement of policy for promoting race equality. Click here for details.
Collective Worship Statement of arrangements for the required daily act of collective worship. Please refer to the school's prospectus.
Careers Education Policy Statement of the programmes of careers education provided for Key Stage 4.
Child Protection Policy Statement of policy for safeguarding and promoting welfare of pupils at the school (from March 2004). Click here for details.
Pupil Discipline Statement of general principles on behaviour and discipline and of measures taken by the head teacher to prevent bullying. Please refer to the school's prospectus. For more details, please contact the school.
 
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. Click here for details.
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. Click here for details.
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. Click here for details.
School session times and term dates Details of school session and dates of school terms and holidays. Click here for the school diary.
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. Please refer to the school's prospectus.
Click here to see a copy of Chingford School's Complaints Policy (June 2005).
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.
Please contact the school for more information.
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. For details see Teachernet publications and Governornet publications.
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 the Headteacher.
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
Email: publications@ic-foi.demon.co.uk
Website : www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
 
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