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| School Name | The Herewoode Academy | |
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| Postal address | Glenfield Road Leicester LE3 6DN | |
| Telephone No. | 0116 231 8500 | |
| Name of Head Teacher / Principal | Mr James Aldred | |
| Name of the Chair of the Local Governing Body | Sue Thistlethwaite (Vice Chair) The address to contact the Chair of the Local Governing Body is the school address as above. | |
| Name of SENDCo | Miss Dina Mayes |
| Admissions arrangements (Current Academic Year) | The linked document contains our admissions arrangements for 2024-2025. | |
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| Admissions arrangements (Next Academic Year) | The linked document contains our admissions arrangements for 2025-2026. | |
| Admissions arrangements (Following Academic Year) | The linked document contains our admissions arrangements for 2026-2027. | |
| Suspensions and Exclusions Policy |
Parents and other members of the public can find out more about the curriculum we offer by visiting our Curriculum page.
| Music Development Plan |
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| Behaviour Policy | ||
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| Attendance Procedure | ||
| Uniform Standards | ||
| Safeguarding/Child protection | ||
| Anti-bullying policy | The aim of our anti-bullying policy is to clarify for students and staff that bullying is always unacceptable. We wish to encourage an environment where independence is celebrated and individuals can flourish without fear. Every student has the right to be safe and happy, and to be protected when feeling vulnerable. Our anti-bullying policy is contained within our Behaviour Policy which can be downloaded via the link. | |
| Health and Safety policy | ||
| First Aid Policy | ||
| Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions | ||
| Complaints policy | ||
| Managing Serial and Unreasonable Complaints policy | This policy is contained within the Complaints policy. | |
| SEND Policy | Please see the Policies page for our latest school specific policy. | |
| Freedom of Information Publication Scheme | The Trust Freedom of Information Publication Scheme available to download here. | |
| Charging and Remissions Policy | Please see the Policies page for our latest school specific policy. | |
| Whistleblowing Policy | The Trust Whistleblowing Policy is available to download here. | |
| Online Safety Procedure | ||
| Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Policy |
| Data Protection Policy | This document gives information about how the schools within the trust and the trust itself manages, processes and protects data. | |
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| Privacy Notice for Pupil Data | We use information that we gather in relation to our pupils for various purposes. Information that we hold in relation to a pupil is known as personal data. This will include data that we obtain from pupils directly and data which we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold personal data for a period of time after pupils have left the school/trust. Anything that we do with this personal data is known as processing. The school/trust is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses personal data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Please see the attached document for full details. | |
| Privacy Notice for Parent/Carer Data | ||
| Privacy Notice for Trust Workforce Data |
School Governor Information
| Structure and responsibilities | Please find attached the Governance Scheme of Delegation. |
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Trust Governance Team
| Names of Trustees, terms of office, date of appointments and who appointed them | Margaret Monckton (Chair) Adrian Stephenson (Vice Chair) Lucy Burrow Tony Glover Steve Crawford Stuart Howells Jason Carter Sayed Yasmin Hussain James Ellis Gavin Brown Please follow the link to the Nova Education Trust website for further details. | |
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| Names of Members of the Academy Trust | Jonathan Sims Nicola Morrison Nichole Munro Nicolle Ndiweni Richard Flewitt | |
| Chairs of Sub-Committees | Education Committee: Adrian Stephenson People and Remuneration Committee: Lucy Burrow Strategic, Finance & Operations Committee: Steve Crawford Audit Committee: Jason Carter | |
| Chair of The Herewoode Academy LGB Sub-Committee | Sue Thistlethwaite (Vice Chair) The address to contact the Chair of the Local Governing Body is the school address as above. |
Trust Governance Documents
| Members, Trustees, Accounting Officer and Executives Pecuniary Interests | Further information is provided on the Nova Education Trust website. Please follow the related link. | |
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| Governance structures | ||
| Board Diversity Data | Our published report provides diversity data about the board and our local committees. | |
| Trust annual audited accounts and report | Please follow the link to be taken to the latest Trust annual audited accounts and report. | |
| Memorandum and Articles of Association | A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association for Nova Education Trust can be accessed on the Nova Education Trust website. Please follow the related link. | |
| Funding Agreement | A copy of the Funding Agreement for Nova Education Trust can be accessed on the Nova Education Trust website. Please follow the related link. |
| Main School Risk Assessment | For further information on specific risk assessments please contact the school. |
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| Cookie policy | This website does not create, use or store cookies. Measuring website usage (Google Analytics) We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use our school website. Google Analytics stores information about: • how you got to the site • what you click on while you’re visiting the site • how long you spend on the site • how long you spend on each link page you click through to • what you click on once at the page you’ve clicked through to We don’t collect or store your personal information (eg your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. Privacy and keeping your data secure We also hold and store personal information if a website user submits information on any of our contact, enquiry or application forms. The content submitted on the form is stored on our servers and we won’t share your information with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your details to other websites. Disclosing your information We may pass on your information to the appropriate authorities if we have a legal obligation to do so, or if we have to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements. Further information If you have any further questions about our Cookie, Web Analysis or Privacy processes please contact your school office in the first instance. | |
| Trading disclosures | Nova Education Trust Company Number 07635510 A PRI/LBG/NSC/(Exempt) incorporated on 16 May 2011. Registered office address is Nova Education Trust Office (C19), The Sir Colin Campbell Building, The University Of Nottingham, Triumph Road, Nottingham, England, NG7 2TU. Telephone: 0115 807 7777. https://www.novaeducationtrust.net/ |