The Elton High SchoolWe are required by the DFE to publish certain information on our website.
To assist you in finding this information, please see the table below of what we are required to publish and where to find it on our website.
If you have any issues locating, accessing or downloading this information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
| School or college contact details must include: | |
| name of your school or college | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk |
| postal address of your school or college | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk |
| telephone number of your school or college | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk |
| name of the member of staff who deals with queries from parents and other members of the public | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/always-happy-to-help/ |
| name of the headteacher or principal | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk |
| name and address of the chair of the governing body (if you have one) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| name and details of your SEN co-ordinator (SENCO) unless you’re a special academy | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk |
| *school email address (*not statutory / DfE requirement, but strongly advised) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk |
| Admission arrangements for foundation / voluntary-controlled schools | |
| If the school is to be a part of the local authority’s in-year co-ordination scheme, you must provide: | |
| a link to the in-year co-ordination scheme. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/admissions/ |
| School uniforms | |
| Schools are required to publish their uniform policy on their website which is easy to understand and should: | |
| clearly state whether an item is optional or required | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-uniform/ |
| make clear if the item will only be worn at certain times of the year (for example, if it’s summer or winter uniform) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-uniform/ |
| make clear whether a generic item will be accepted or if a branded item is required | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-uniform/ |
| make clear whether an item can only be purchased from a specific retailer or if it can be purchased more widely, including options for second-hand and generic cheaper retailers | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-uniform/ |
| Ofsted reports | |
| Maintained schools should do one of the following: | |
| publish a copy of your school’s or college’s most recent Ofsted report | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/ofsted/ |
| publish a link to the webpage where users can find your school’s or college’s most recent Ofsted report | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/ofsted/ |
| Pay gap reporting | |
| Schools with 250 or more employees must, in line with the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017: | |
| report their gender pay gap information to the government via the gender pay gap service | not more than 250 |
| publish this information in a prominent place on their website within one year of their ‘snapshot date’, which, for most public authority employers, will be 31 March | |
| Statutory guidance on the gender pay gap information employers must report is available. | |
| Most public authority employers, including schools, do not need to publish a written statement on their public-facing website. However, schools with 250 or more employees may wish to publish: | |
| a supporting narrative to explain their gender pay gap | |
| an action plan that sets out how they plan to address it | |
| Test, exam and assessment results | |
| Test, exam and assessment results – Key stage 4 (end of secondary school) | |
| Secondary schools must publish their most recent key stage 4 performance measures, as published by the Secretary of State, comprising: | |
| your school’s progress 8 score | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/gcse-examination-results/ |
| your school’s attainment 8 score | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/gcse-examination-results/ |
| the percentage of their pupils who achieved a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths (combined) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/gcse-examination-results/ |
| Schools should also publish: | |
| English Baccalaureate (EBacc) average point score (APS) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/gcse-examination-results/ |
| the percentage of students staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 (pupil destinations) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/gcse-examination-results/ |
| Performance tables | |
| You must include a link to the school and college performance measures website and your school’s performance measures page. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/gcse-examination-results/ |
| School opening hours | |
| Schools should publish on their website their opening and closing times and the total time this amounts to in a typical week (for example 32.5 hours). Schools should show the compulsory times they are open. This time runs from the official start of the school day (morning registration) to the official end of the compulsory school day. It includes breaks, but not optional before or after school activities. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-day-timetable/ |
| Curriculum | |
| You must publish: | |
| the content of the curriculum your school follows in each academic year for every subject, including for mandatory subjects such as Religious Education even if it’s taught as part of another subject or subjects or is called something else | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-curriculum/ |
| how parents or other members of the public can find out more about the curriculum your school is following | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-curriculum/ |
| a list of the courses available to pupils at key stage 4, including GCSEs | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/school-curriculum/ |
| an accessibility plan that sets out how, over time, they will increase the extent to which disabled pupils participate in the curriculum | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Schools should publish an up to date policy for Relationships Education and RSE in line with the RSHE guidance | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Schools ‘should clearly communicate the fact that parents have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from some or all of sex education delivered as part of statutory RSE.’ | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Alongside the content of their music curriculum, all schools are expected to publish information about their music development plan. A template is available to support with this. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/music-1/ |
| Remote education | |
| You must publish information about your school’s remote education provision on your website. NB This is not just a relic of Covid, but helpful for any remote systems used for homework and relevant for home learning due to medical conditions or any short or long term school closure where work is still issued. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| An optional template is available to support schools with this requirement. | |
| Behaviour policy | |
| In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, this policy should be “available publicly either via the school or college website or by other means.” Note changes to KCSIE for September 2025 | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| You must also publish any arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) about the support the school provides | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy | |
| In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, this policy should be “available publicly either via the school or college website or by other means.” Note changes to KCSIE for September 2025 | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Online-safety policy | |
| The online-safety policy should either be part of or be clearly referenced within the Safeguarding Policy, as online safety must not be separate from safeguarding. Refer to Keeping Children Safe in Education. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Pupil premium | |
| You must publish a strategy for the school’s use of the pupil premium each year by 31st December. It is recommended you plan your pupil premium use over 3 years. If you do so, you are still required to update your statement each year to reflect your spending activity for that academic year and the impact of pupil premium in the previous academic year. | |
| In the strategy statement, you must explain how the school’s pupil premium funding is being spent and the education outcomes being achieved for disadvantaged pupils | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/pupil-premium/ |
| You must use the DfE template to produce your statement. This can be found alongside completed examples and guidance for school leaders on the pupil premium guidance page. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/pupil-premium/ |
| The template has been designed to ensure that your statement reflects the requirements in the pupil premium conditions of grant. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/pupil-premium/ |
| Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) – Special educational needs (SEN) report | |
| You must publish a SEN information report on your school’s policy for pupils with SEN and should update it annually. You should update any changes occurring during the year as soon as possible. | |
| The report must comply with section 69 of the Children and Families Act 2014, including: | |
| the ‘SEN Information’ specified in schedule 1 to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. (Statutory guidance on this is contained in section 6.79 to 6.82 of the Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/sen-information/ |
| the arrangements for the admission of disabled pupils | listed in the accessibility plan page 6 https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| the steps you have taken to prevent disabled pupils from being treated less favourably than other pupils | listed in the accessibility plan page 5 https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| the facilities you provide to help disabled pupils to access the school | listed in the accessibility plan page 4 https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| the accessibility plan you have prepared in compliance with paragraph 3 of schedule 10 to the Equality Act 2010 for: | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| increasing the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the school’s curriculum | listed in the accessibility plan page 7 https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| improving the physical environment of the school for the purpose of increasing the extent to which disabled pupils are able to take advantage of education and benefits, facilities and services provided or offered by the school | listed in the accessibility plan page 9 https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| improving the delivery to disabled pupils of information which is readily accessible to pupils who are not disabled | listed in the accessibility plan page 10 https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Careers programme information | |
| You must publish information about the school’s careers programme. This information must relate to the delivery of careers guidance to year 8 to 13 pupils in accordance with Section 42A of the Education Act 1997. For the current academic year, you must include: | |
| the name, email address and telephone number of the school’s Careers Leader | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/careers-education-and-guidance/ |
| a summary of the careers programme, including details of how pupils, parents, teachers and employers may access information about the careers programme | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/careers-education-and-guidance/ |
| how the school measures and assesses the impact of the careers programme on pupils | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/careers-education-and-guidance/ |
| the date of the school’s next review of the information published | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/careers-education-and-guidance/ |
| Read the statutory guidance for schools on careers guidance and access for education and training providers for more information. | |
| The statutory guidance for schools also contains further information about a policy statement that academies must publish to comply with Section 42B of the Education Act 1997, setting out the circumstances in which providers of technical education and apprenticeships will be given access to year 8 to 13 pupils. | |
| Public sector equality duty | |
| As public bodies, local-authority-maintained schools must comply with the public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017. This means you must publish: | |
| details of how your school is complying with the public sector equality duty – you should update this every year | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| our school’s equality objectives – you should update this at least once every 4 years | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Details of these publishing obligations are set out in Equality Act 2010: advice for schools. E.g. including details of how your school is: | |
| eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited under the Equality Act 2010 | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| advancing equality of opportunity – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| fostering good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| consulting and involving those affected by inequality, in the decisions your school takes to promote equality and eliminate discrimination – affected people could include parents, pupils, staff and members of the local community | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| School complaints procedure | |
| You must publish: | |
| details of your school’s complaints procedure, which must comply with Section 29 of the Education Act 2002. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| careers programme information | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/careers-education-and-guidance/ |
| details of any arrangements for handling complaints from parents and carers about the support you provide for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). You must do this as part of your SEN information report | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/sen-information/ |
| Governors’ information and duties | |
| You must publish information on the governing body and its committees in line with the constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools statutory guidance. This should include: | |
| details of the structure and responsibilities of the governing body and its committees | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| the full names of the Chair of the governing body and Chair of each committee | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| information about each governor, including their: | |
| full name, date of appointment, term of office, date they stepped down (where applicable) and who appointed them (in accordance with the governing body’s instrument of government) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| business, financial and pecuniary interests | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| governance roles in other educational institutions | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives) | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/general-information/ |
| attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/governors-visits-to-school/ |
| Parent View page | |
| According to the guidance in Ofsted Parent View, schools are encouraged to add links to Ofsted Parent View to their school website using the text provided on the ‘Link to us’ page. There is also a Toolkit for schools to encourage parents and carers to share their experiences of their child’s school | |
| Charging and remissions policies | |
| You must publish your school’s charging and ‘remissions’ policies (this means when you cancel fees). | |
| The policies must include details of: | |
| the activities or cases for which your school will charge pupils’ parents | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| the circumstances where your school will make an exception on a payment you would normally expect to receive under your charging policy | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/policies/ |
| Read about school charging and remission. | |
| Values and ethos | |
| Academies and colleges should publish a statement of their ethos and values. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/values-and-ethos/ |
| Requests for copies | |
| You should provide a paper copy of the information on your website if a parent requests one. | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/always-happy-to-help/ |
| Financial Information | |
| You must publish: | |
| how many school employees (if any) have a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more in increments of £10,000 – we recommend using a table to display this | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/financial-information/ |
| a ink to the webpage which is dedicated to your school on the schools financial benchmarking service – follow the prompts to find your school’s specific page | https://eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk/financial-information/ |