Policies

The Trust website holds the following policies, which apply to our school:

• Safeguarding and Child Protection
• Special Educational Needs and Disability
• Appraisal
• Capability
• Complaints
• Data Protection
• Disciplinary
• Equality
• Financial Manual
• Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
• Grievance Resolution
• Health and Safety
• Information Security
• Pensions Discretions (LGPS)
• Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
• Privacy Notices
• Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblowing)
• Quality Assurance
• Sickness Absence
  

Our school policies are accessible below. If you want to know our policy on something that is not listed, please ask the school office.

School Policies

We are a Catholic community, committed in our Mission Statement to the vision of the School as a spiritual building whose cornerstone is Christ and whose foundations are the Apostles and Prophets. It follows that our community must be one of love, all of whose members honour the Christ they find in one another. Each person in the School, no matter what his or her worldly status, deserves to be treated with the respect and, indeed, reverence due to one created in the image of God and redeemed by the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.

It is thus the responsibility of all members of the School, pupils, parents and teachers, to take swift and appropriate action when relationships in our community conspicuously fail to reflect these ideals. The following policy is commended as a series of concrete courses of actions to assist in this endeavour.

Mission Statement & School Ethos

• Mission Statement
• School Ethos

School Policies 

• Access Arrangements - Examinations and Assessment
• Access Review Policy
• Allergy and Anaphylaxis Policy
• Anti-Bullying Policy
• Appraisal Policy Procedure - support staff
• Appraisal Policy Procedure - teaching staff
• Assessment Policy
• Attendance Policy
• Behaviour Policy
• Capability Policy
• Charging and Remissions Policy
• Citizenship Policy
• Complaints Policy
• Continuing Professional Development Policy
• Curriculum Policy
• Data Protection Policy Privacy Notices
• Disciplinary Policy Procedure - Employees
• Drugs Policy
• English As An Additional Language Bilingual Pupils Policy
• Equality Policy
• Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
• Gifted and Talented Pupils Policy
• Grievance Policy Procedure
• Health and Safety Policy
• Healthy Eating Policy
• Homework and Marking Policy
• Induction of Early Career Teachers and School Direct Trainees Policy
• Information Security Policy
• Looked-after and Previously Looked-after Children Designated Teacher Policy
• Medication Policy
• Online Safety Policy
• Pay Policy
• Performance Management Policy
• Personal Evacuation Plan Policy
• PSHE Policy
• Public Interest Disclosure Whistleblowing Policy
• Relationships and Sex Education Policy
• Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures
• Safer Recruitment DBS Checks Policy Procedure
• Sickness Absence Policy Procedure - Employees
• Smoke-Free Policy
• Special Education Needs Disability Policy
• Staffing Review and Redundancy Procedure
• Stress Policy
• Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions Policy
• Suspension and Permanent Exclusion Policy
• Teaching and Learning Policy
• Uniform Policy
• Use Of Force To Control And Restrain Pupils
• Work Related Learning Policy

Other Policies, Plans & Documents

Statement on Radicalisation & Extreme Viewpoints

Educational Visits and School Journeys

Equality Information and Objectives

Pupil Premium

Freedom of Information Publication Scheme and Guide to information available from the Saint John Southworth Academy Trust and the School

Examination Policies 

Internal Appeals Procedure

Malpractice Policy

Pupil AI Plagiarism Policy

Financial Reports

CVMS financial accounts may be found on the SJSCAT website under the section Financial Reports.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Procedures

Key Staff

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:

• Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge.
• Protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online.
• Preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
• Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes. 

Should a child suffer significant harm, or be likely to do so, our School will do all it can to take action to protect him or her. Action will also be taken to promote the welfare of a child in need of additional support, even if he or she is not suffering harm or at immediate risk.

Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm, but also includes the following issues:

Everyone who encounters children and their families has a role to play in safeguarding children; school staff are particularly important as they can identify concerns early and provide help for children, thereby preventing concerns from escalating.

Working Together to Improve School Attendance

In Sept 2024, the UK government introduced a new policy to help schools take a more proactive approach to attendance with the aim of reducing pupil absences. You can find the new Government policy here. 

Privacy Notices

You can find all of our privacy notices here.

Please contact dataprotectionofficer@sjscat.co.uk with any enquiries.