Our priority will always be to deliver high-quality face-to-face education to all pupils. Remote education will only ever be considered as a short-term measure and as a last resort where in person attendance is not possible.
This might include:
- occasions when our Head teacher decides that it is not possible for us to open safely, or that opening would contradict guidance from local or central government;
- occasions when individual pupils, for a limited duration, are unable to physically attend school but are able to continue learning, for example pupils with an infectious illness or specific mental health needs.
In these circumstances pupils will have access to remote education as soon as we reasonably can in proportion to the length of absence and disruption to their learning. We will try to provide remote education equivalent in length to the core teaching pupils would receive in school. This can include recorded or live direct teaching time, as well as time for pupils to complete tasks and assignments independently.
In developing our remote education provision, we have selected the Microsoft Teams digital platform to use consistently across the school to allow interaction, assessment, and feedback with procedures in place to ensure staff are trained and confident in its use. This enables us to provide online video lessons recorded by teaching staff and high-quality lessons.
Additional resources
In addition to the Microsoft Teams live lessons, resources are also available on The Revision Hub, SENECA, EduLink One and other online platforms as directed by the subject teacher.
Expectations for Students, Parents and Carers
- Students should attend all their lessons.
- Students are expected to uphold the same standards of conduct and behaviour during online learning as they would in the classroom and, as such, the school’s behaviour policy is applicable to both the school setting and remote education setting. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Ensuring appropriate language is used across all the mediums, including verbal, written and chat. This also includes any links to webpages or sources outside of the school
- Ensuring attendance and punctuality at all online lessons
- Ensuring that students engage with their learning and complete all work set
- Parents and carers should contact the school if their child does not have access to remote education.
- Students should only access the school’s digital platform, Microsoft Teams, using their school account.
- Students and parents and carers have a responsibility to safeguard themselves and other users therefore all students and parents and carers should adhere to the school’s Online Safety policy
- The school’s Online Safety policy must be read by parents and carers and students. This policy can be found on the school website.
- Any unauthorised copying of images, video or audio excerpts from the lesson by any student will result in disciplinary action. This includes copying images or excerpts of staff, students and the material, both video and audio.
