At Dovedale primary school we follow all statutory policies and guidelines.
Most of our policies are set by the Academy Trust and operate across the trust. In addition, we set some of our own local school policies. Please click on the folders below for the various policies.
Please note: Dovedale School is now part of ONE Academy Trust (effective 1 Sept 2023). We are currently re-branding all our policies and documents etc. so please bear with us as we make the necessary changes. We were previously part of Willows Academy Trust and some of our documents may still reference Willows Academy Trust. Please consider references to Willows Academy Trust to relate also to ONE Academy Trust.
If you want to find more information about a particular area such as Safeguarding, SEND and Equality and Diversity please also look at the Key Information menu where you will find more information and relevant documents about key aspects of school life.
If you would like a printed copy of a policy or there are any policies which you can't see here but you would like access to, please contact the school office. Please also let us know if you need a copy of a policy in another format and we will try to meet your needs.
Academy Trust Policies
Trust-wide policies include our policies on:
- Whistleblowing
- Concerns and Complaints
- Data Protection & Privacy Notices
- Parents Code of Conduct
- Staff policies
- Charging and Remissions
- Health & Safety
Dovedale Primary School Policies
Safeguarding Policies and related documents - please also see the ONE Academy Trust policies for the full list of policies available
More policies relating to child protection and safeguarding such as our Whistleblowing Policy, Low Level Concerns Policy and Managing Allegations Policy are available on the policy section of the ONE Academy Trust website.
Data Protection
This link will take you to the ONE Academy Trust Privacy Notices, our data protection policy and relevant forms. Please contact us if there is anything you are unsure of or if you need further information.
Equality and Diversity and Accessibility
You can find out more about our commitment to equality & diversity and our plans for improving accessibility here in our Equality & Diversity and Accessibility area on the website.
This includes the following documents:
- DPS Equality and Diversity Policy
- DPS Equality Duty Information Report
- DPS Accessibility Plan
Admissions Policy
Dovedale Primary School admissions are dealt with by Derbyshire County Council. Applications are made online via Derbyshire County Council Website. If the year group applied for has spaces then your child will be offered a place. If your application is not successful you may go to appeal. Appeals are dealt with by an external non associated body. All appeals are dealt with individually. Detailed information and our current policy and admissions criteria are available on the Admissions page of our website here.
Attendance
Please refer to Parents Tab / the school day, including uniform late & absence procedures.
Behaviour
Our policy relating to Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions is accessible on the One Academy Trust website - click here.
SEND
More information about our provision for SEND, including our SEND Information Report, our SEND Policy and how to contact us can be found here on our SEND page.
School Uniform
Teaching & Learning Policies
Health and Safety
Our trust-wide Health & Safety Policy can be accessed from the ONE Academy Trust website.
Our First Aid procedures are available on request.
Homework
Other Documents
Staff Policies
Most of our staff policies are trust-wide policies and can be accessed from the ONE Academy Trust website here