Wymondley School Policies
School policies cover every aspect of school life. Below are some of our most important policies for your reference. If you want to know our policy on something that is not listed, please ask the school office.
Wymondley JMI School is committed to safeguarding the children in their care. Staff will not tolerate any form of abuse towards themselves or a child. Should you have any concerns relating to the safety of a child or the safe conduct of any member of staff please speak to the school's Designated Senior Person.
Mrs Chadwick - Designated Senior Leader for Child Protection
Mrs Holmes - Deputy Designated Senior Leader for Child Protection
If your concern relates to the Headteacher please contact the Chair of Governors: Meghan Brown or Tom Watts.
General Data Protection Regulation
Data Protection - Subject Access Requests
The school office may be closed outside of term time. Any requests made during holidays may not be completed by our staff until the school reopens. This includes Subject Access Requests (SAR) under GDPR and Freedom of Information Requests. Due to the complexities of replying to such requests during the school holidays, we may need up to 3 months, although we will endeavour to complete it more quickly, and usually within the standard 30 days once we are satisfied with your identity and the school is open. If we need longer than this during term time, we will inform you. See https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/time-limits-for-responding-to-data-protection-rights-requests/ for clarification of this information.
Admissions
If you would like your child to attend our school, please read the following information. All of the information you need about School Admissions is available on Hertfordshire County Council's website at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions. The website includes an interactive copy of the “Applying for a school place” booklet which parents should be sent automatically when their child reaches the appropriate age. The council website also has an online directory listing all schools with reception classes, junior schools and middle schools in Hertfordshire. Herts County Council recommends that you should apply online if at all possible - if you do not have internet access at home you can use the internet at your local library free of charge or request a booklet. (The booklet includes a paper application form if you prefer to apply this way). Parents are able to express three preferences for the county or voluntary controlled primary schools they would like their child to go to. Hertfordshire County Council then applies a series of admission rules to decide which children can be offered places at the school. Applications for a place at Wymondley JMI School are all processed by the Admissions Team, tel: 0300 123 4043. If a place applied for is for a year other than Reception, an 'In Year Application Form' can be obtained from the School Office and then forwarded to the Admissions Team. Children are admitted at the beginning of the school year in which they are five. If a child is not five until the spring or summer term, parents may opt to send their child on a part time basis.
Children and parents joining us each September will be invited into school during the Summer Term to meet their teacher and new friends. Home or nursery setting visits by the class teacher will also be made during the Summer Term.
Photographs and Display Work at Wymondley JMI School
Occasionally, we take photographs of the children at our school. We may use these images in our online school prospectus or in other printed publications that we produce, in displays, as well as on our website, blogs, Google Classroom, Tapestry and Twitter feed. We may also make video or webcam recordings for school-to-school conferences, monitoring or other educational use.
We also send images to the news media, or our school may be visited by the media who will take their own photographs or film footage (for example, of a visiting dignitary or other high profile event). Pupils will often appear in these images. The news media may use the images in printed publications (including local or national newspapers), on televised news programmes or on their website. They then store them in their archive. They may also syndicate the photos to other media for possible use, either in printed publications, on websites, or both. When we submit photographs and information to the media, we have no control on when, where, if or how they will be used.
To comply with GDPR, we need your permission before we can photograph or make any recordings of your child and to display work which includes their name.
Conditions of use:
Please note that websites can be viewed throughout the world and not just in the United Kingdom where UK law applies. In giving your consent you understand that images may be used in printed and electronic form.
To give your consent, please tick the appropriate box on the pupil personal details form.
Wymondley JMI School Home School Agreement
We the adults responsible for children at home and at school, want Wymondley JMI School to provide a safe, supportive and stimulating learning environment in which each child is treated as an individual and the needs of all are considered. We will encourage children to work hard, to behave appropriately and to take pride and pleasure in their own and others’ achievements. We look forward to working together on a basis of mutual respect to help our children become confident and enthusiastic learners.
Enjoyment and Achievement
The school will;
I will;
Learning to make a positive contribution
The school will;
Parents/carers will;
Preparing children for future success and working life
The school will;
Parents/carers will;
Being Healthy
The school will;
Parents/carers will;
Staying Safe
The school will;
Parents/carers will;