Unfortunately we have not seen the last of the snow and County have asked us to be prepared for informing parents of any decisions to close the school. Our policy is as follows:
In the winter we need to advise you of the County’s and school’s procedures for notifying parents of a school closure due to extreme weather conditions.
A decision to close the school is most likely as a result of:
· Severe weather conditions or other reasons preventing many staff and pupils from getting to school safely.
· Heating failures
The decision is taken by the Headteacher in consultation with both the Chair of Governors and the Senior Area Adviser. We always endeavour to make that decision as early as possible, but do please remember that it may take some time to ascertain how many staff may be able to reach school and indeed that often Mrs Hawkins is personally trying to make the decision from a distance, and is reliant on the feedback from staff who live locally.
In the event of a decision to close our school we will:
· Submit details immediately using the Bucks SchoolsWeb site – this will trigger an e-mail alert to the Passenger Transport team and to relevant radio stations. Parents and Radio stations will be able to access a list of schools that are closed on the Parent Zone area of SchoolsWeb accessible from the BCC Learning home page at buckscc.gov.uk, select, ‘Education’, ‘Schools’ and then ‘closures’. Our Radio stations broadcasting news of closure will be BBC Three Counties Radio
· The school website will be updated with the details and a text message will be sent to parents.
NB! You will have recieved a newsletter today asking you to request to be phoned if the school has to be closed and return the request slip to school. If the school is closed tomorrow we will phone using the emergency chain procedure as usual to ensure no-one is missed! Please refer to the newsletter 12 (sent out today) and the soft copy on our website home page for more information.