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Statutory information

The DfE requires maintained schools to publish certain information on their websites.

Please follow the links below or, if you need any further information, contact Mrs Jackelman on: 01582 621514

School contact details
How to get in touch and the names of key contacts are given on the Contact Us page
 
School opening hours

The school gate is opened at 8:30am with children expected to be in their classrooms by 8:45am. Registration at 8.50am, ready for the children to start the school day. Children arriving after 8.55am are required to come into school via the school office.  The school day ends at 3.15pm.

 
Admission arrangements
Admissions to the school are managed by Herts County Council. Please see the Admissions page for details of admission arrangements, including how to apply and oversubscription criteria.
 
School uniform
Logo'd uniform is available from either of our two suppliers, but many items can be purchased from other clothing stores.  Please see our School Uniform page for more information
 
Ofsted
We are a Good school.  To view our latest Ofsted report please follow this link to our Ofsted page.
 
Performance measures

The DfE publishes primary test and assessment results for schools.  Follow this link for Sauncey Wood Primary School

 
Curriculum
Details of our curriculum offer, including information about our Phonics scheme are within the Teaching and Learning section.
 
Music Development Plan
You can find our Music Development Plan for 2024-25 on our Music curriculum page.
 
Remote learning
In the event of school closures, we use a variety of online resources to provide teaching and learning activities for pupils. You can read our Remote Learning Policy  on our Policies page.
 
Behaviour policy
The school's behaviour policy (including anti-bullying), together with the governors' written statement of behaviour principles, is published on our Policies page.
 
Pupil Premium
You can read about our Pupil Premium strategy here and find out how we spent our pupil premium and recovery premium grants last academic year and the impact of that expenditure on eligible and other pupils.
 
PE and Sport Premium
We publish an annual report showing how we spend the grant and evidencing the impact of the Primary PE and Sport Premium.
 
Equality Duty
Information about how we comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty, together with our Equality Objectives for 2023-27, is published on our Equality page
 
Special Educational Needs and Disability information

We publish our SEND Information Report, which gives information about our school's policy for pupils with SEN and/or disabilities, and update this annually.  Our SEN Policy and Accessibility Plan are found in the  Policies section.

For other information about provision for SEND at Sauncey Wood Primary School, please go to our SEND page within the Teaching and Learning section.

 
Complaints procedure
We care what you think and hope that all concerns can be addressed before they become a complaint.  If matters do escalate, you can find our complaints procedure on our Policies page.
 
Governors' information and duties
Information about our governors and the work of the governing body is on the Governance page.
 
Financial information

There are no staff at Sauncey Wood Primary School who have a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more.

You are able to see how the school's spending compares with other schools on the DfE's financial benchmarking website: Financial Benchmarking and Insights

 
Charging and remissions
Schools are not permitted to make any charge for admission applications or for education of children during the school day.  The circumstances in which we might make a charge and our policy on requesting voluntary contributions are covered in our Charging and Remissions policy, published on the Policies page.
 
Values and Ethos
Our mission is Growing Curious Minds.  You can read about this and our school vision and values in the About Us section of this website:
 
Promoting British Values
At Sauncey Wood, we believe that we are instrumental in ensuring that our children grow into good citizens with an understanding of right and wrong.  British Values are part of our social curriculum to promote these attributes. 
 
GDPR

For data security issues or subject access requests, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the following email address: DPO@saunceywood.herts.sch.uk

You can find our Privacy Notice and other GDPR information here.

 

Requests for paper copies - If you require a paper copy of the information on our school website, please contact the school office.