Statutory Information

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Parents may request paper copies of the information and Policies/Reports shown on this website; these are provided free of charge.

CONTACT DETAILS

Head of School: Mr Simon Anderson

Address: School Lane, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. NN29 7AZ

SENCO: Mrs Rebecca Hobson

Full details of our Admission arrangements and our Admissions Policy are available in the sidebar of this page. A detailed description related to starting school at Irchester is also available by following this weblink.

To apply for Foundation place follow this weblink To apply for an in-year place follow this weblink

15th January 2024 – Applications deadline at 5pm

Appeals for admissions in the normal admissions round must be lodged in writing, giving the reasons for appeal, by the date published by NNC’s Democratic Services (please note, appeals dates for 2024 admissions will be published by 28 February 2024). Appeals submitted after this deadline will still be heard, but there is no guarantee they will be heard before the end of the school year in which the application is made.

ATTENDANCE & PUNCTUALITY

Parents and Carers are directed to our Attendance and Punctuality Policy is available on our School Policies page, follow this link.

OFSTED

Our Ofsted report, a link to the Parent View website, giving you the opportunity to tell us what you think about your child’s school and the link to the Ofsted Data Dashboard are all available in the sidebar of the page.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Our latest  KS2 results can be found at the Department for Education’s website which can be found by using the link on the sidebar.These performance measures are not current and are results from 2018 to 2019.

COMPARING OUR SCHOOL WITH OTHERS

To compare our school with others in the locality, please visit the DfE website using this link

SCHOOL CURRICULUM

A detailed description of our Curriculum information can be found by following this weblink.

READING AND PHONICS

From Foundation Stage onwards phonics is taught using the the DfE accredited systematic synthetics phonics programme Monster Phonics (https://monsterphonics.com/). Once completed the children move onto the support for spelling programme in Key Stage 2.

BEHAVIOUR INFORMATION

Our Policies and appendices related to Behaviour at our school can be found on our School Policies page, follow this link.

PUPIL PREMIUM

Please see our School Policies page, follow this link, for a full report on our access to and use/benefits from the use of Pupil Premium.

SPORTS PREMIUM FUNDING

The school’s statement related to Sports Premium funding is available on our School Policies page, follow this link.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Our Inclusion Policy can be found in the sidebar of the page and the Local Authorities Local Offer can be found in the sidebar of the page weblinks section. Please follow this link to our SEN page.

SAFEGUARDING OF CHILDREN

The school’s Safeguarding Policy is available on our School Policies page, follow this link.

CHARGING POLICY

The school’s Charging Policy is available on our School Policies page, follow this link.

AIMS AND VALUES

The School is ours to share and we value the involvement and co-operation of all those who work towards our common aims – helping our children to reach their potential and achieve the very best possible; encouraging everyone to enjoy learning as a life skill and keeping our school community safe, healthy and happy.

Our School Values are explained on this page of our website.

DATA PROTECTION

The GDPR aim to strengthen the protection of personal data in light of significant technological changes since the original Data Protection directive in 1995.

We are working on ensuring our on-going compliance across the six data protection principles to ensure data within school is:

• Processed fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner.
• Used for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes.
• Used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited.
• Accurate and kept up to date.
• Kept no longer than is necessary.
• Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data.