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Meet Ofsted Requirements For Your WebsiteA Checklist For Schools

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Introduction

On 1st of September 2012, an amendment to the School Information Requirements came into force. The two main changes to the requirements are:

a) Schools will no longer be obliged to publish a physical prospectus

b) Instead, there is a list of speci�c information which schools will be required to make available on their website (or, if the school has no website, the information must be published elsewhere on the web, and parents must be made aware of its location.)

This checklist is a guide to help you create the content portfolio for your school’s website, and keep in line with Ofsted and DfE requirements. Your school website must include all the information below. The list of desirable content will help to enhance your website and make it useful for parents, teachers and pupils.

It may help to tick …. o� each requirement when it’s completed.

Meet Ofsted Requirements For Your Website - A Checklist For Schools

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Essential Information

1. A domain name that makes sense to visitors, preferably one that ends in .sch.uk (these should be available free from your LEA)

2. The school’s name, postal address and telephone number, plus the contact details, to whom enquiries should be addressed

3. The Headteacher’s name with �rst name or initial

4. A statement of the school’s ethos and values

5. Term dates for at least the next two years

6. Times of the school day, lessons, and assemblies (could be done in calendar format)

7. A link to your VLE, with instructions of how parents can obtain passwords

8. Information on how to access the School Performance Tables on the DfE website (http://education.gov.uk/schools/performance/)

9. Newsletters and copies of letters to parents from the last term

10. Link to the Parent View website http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/link-to-us

11. The amount of the school’s allocation from the Pupil Premium grant in respect of the current academic year plus the following information:

11.a Details of how your school intends to spend the allocation 11.b Details of how the previous academic year’s allocation was spent 11.c The e�ect of this expenditure on the educational attainment of those pupils for whom the funding was allocated

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Essential Information

12. The following information about the school curriculum:

12.a For each academic year, the content of the curriculum followed for each subject and guidance on how to �nd additional information about the curriculum

12.b For KS1, the names of any phonics or reading schemes in use

13. Details of your reading schemes for Key Stage 1

14. Details of all the circumstances under which the school will make charges, and the levels of such charges for school activities and school visits

15. Information on where to access the school’s most recent Ofsted report

16. The school’s most recent KS2 results – speci�cally the following percentages of pupils:

16.a Percentage achieving Level 4 or above in English and Maths

16.b Percentage making expected progress

16.c Percentage achieving Level 5 or above in English

16.d Percentage achieving Level 5 or above in Maths

17. A full sta� list

18. A map showing the location, and directions to the school (this can be displayed on the ‘Contact Us’ page)

19. A translate function

20. Icons for awards that the school has gained – Arts Mark, Investors in People etc.

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Desirable Information

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Essential Information

21. Policies:

21.a Complaints policy

21.b Snow and bad weather policy

21.c Anti-bullying policy

21.d Behaviour policy

21.e Safeguarding policy

21.f The school’s charging and remissions policy

21.g Holidays in term time policy, with forms for parents to apply for this

21.h The school's admissions policy in full (including arrangements for selection, over subscription criteria and the application process), and information on where and how this can be accessed on the local authority's website

21.i Information about disabled access

22. Details of how funding for sports provision is spent

23. Your Twitter feed

24. After school clubs and extra curricular activities

25. Uniform list, with contact details for local suppliers (and downloadable order form)

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Desirable Information

26. Downloadable permission slips for school trips

27. A homework timetable, with handing in dates

28. List of Governors with photographs

29. Governors’ page, with information about the role of the Governing Body, how to become a Governor, forthcoming meeting dates and non-con�dential minutes

30. Secure area for Governors, with all policies and their review cycle, SDP, committee and GB minutes, links to Modern Governor or GEL e-learning logins, LA Governor Services, NGA, training courses and contact details for the GB

31. Spellings lists

32. Information about the PTA or Parents Forum

33. Gallery of children’s work (perhaps on class pages)

34. Links to Local Authority Schools website, Direct.Gov Schools and the DfE home page

35. The current week’s lunch menu

36. A feedback page for parents

37. General guidance on showing children’s photographs on the website

38. FAQ page

39. News feeds

40. Your approach to the teaching of reading, including whether reading is taught through systematic synthetic phonics

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