{"id":4743,"date":"2020-11-15T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T10:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:32:38","slug":"school-website-requirements-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/11\/school-website-requirements-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"School website requirements November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Important-Update-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4756\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Important-Update-v3.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Important-Update-v3-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Important-Update-v3-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 12th, the DfE dropped a major update to their guidance on what maintained schools must publish online, which for nearly every school means what they must publish on their school website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve been through the updated guidance line by line and compared it to the previous guidance to analyse the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than just regurgitate the guidance which anyone can do, we&#8217;ve highlighted the changes for you below. We&#8217;ve split the changes between <strong>new requirements <\/strong>and <strong>clarifications <\/strong>to existing guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve also updated our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"free checklist for schools (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/ofsted-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\">free checklist for schools<\/a> which includes all the statutory requirements as well as some suggested things to add to your website which we know parents really appreciate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve identified that the following sections have changed and we&#8217;ve detailed the changes section by section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#c8d9e3\" class=\"has-background\">New requirement &#8211; Admissions appeals<br>New requirement sort of &#8211; Exams and assessment results<br>New requirement &#8211; Key stage 5 headline measures<br>New requirement &#8211; Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium <br>Clarifications &#8211; Key stage 2 results <br>Clarifications &#8211; Key stage 4 results<br>Clarifications &#8211; Pupil premium <br>Clarifications &#8211; Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium<br>Clarifications &#8211; PE and sport premium for primary schools<br>Clarifications &#8211; Special educational needs and disability (SEND) information<br>Clarifications &#8211; School complaints<br>Clarifications &#8211; Governors&#8217; information and duties<br>Clarifications &#8211; Equality Objectives<br>Clarifications &#8211; Curriculum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admissions appeals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a new section with explicit guidance for publishing your admissions appeals process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">You must also publish a timetable for organising and hearing admission appeals for your school by the 28 February each year.<br><br>This must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><li>include a deadline for lodging appeals which allows those making an appeal at least 20 school days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge their written appeal<\/li><li>include reasonable deadlines for those making an appeal to submit additional evidence, for admission authorities to submit their evidence and for the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties<\/li><li>ensure that those making an appeal receive at least 10 school days\u2019 notice of their appeal hearing<\/li><li>ensure that decision letters are sent within 5 school days of the hearing wherever possible<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exam and assessment results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is more of a non-requirement however there is an explicit instruction to continue to publish any 2018 to 2019 performance measures in the meantime and mark them as not current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Schools are not required to publish their exam and assessment results from 2019 to 2020 academic year as these have not been published as performance measures by the Secretary of State. You must, however, continue to display your 2018 to 2019 performance measures until new performance measures are published. <strong>You should clearly mark that these performance measures are not current<\/strong>. There\u2019s further information on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-school-and-college-performance-measures\/coronavirus-covid-19-school-and-college-accountability\">school and FE accountability expectations for the 2019 to 2020 academic year<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key stage 5 (16 to 18) information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than just a link to the performance tables as required previously, you must now publish headline measures on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">If your school operates a sixth form, you must publish the following details from your school\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/school-performance-tables\">16 to 18 performance tables page<\/a>&nbsp;most recent key stage 5 (16 to 18) performance measures&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/16-to-19-accountability-headline-measures-technical-guide\">16 to 18 accountability headline measures guidance<\/a>&nbsp;as published by the Secretary of State (for most schools, the performance measures published for the 2018 to 2019 academic year):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><li>progress<\/li><li>attainment<\/li><li>English and mathematics progress<\/li><li>retention<\/li><li>destinations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further changes to exams and assessment results requirements appear under &#8220;Clarifications&#8221; below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">If your school gets the coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium grant in academic year 2020 to 2021, you should publish details of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><li>how it is intended that the grant will be spent<\/li><li>how the effect of this expenditure on the educational attainment of those pupils at the school will be assessed<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Read further information on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/coronavirus-covid-19-catch-up-premium\">coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clarifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key stage 2 (end of primary school) results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarification that the most recent results will be for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em><strong>average <\/strong>progress scores in reading, writing and maths<\/em><br><strong>changed to<\/strong><br><em>progress scores in reading, writing and maths <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>percentage of pupils who achieved a <strong>high level<\/strong> of attainment in reading, writing and maths<\/em><br><strong>changed to<\/strong><br><em>percentage of pupils who achieved at a <strong>higher standard<\/strong> in reading, writing and maths<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key stage 4 (end of secondary school) results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarification that the most recent results will be for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>percentage of pupils who achieved a strong pass (grade 5 or above) in English and maths at the end of key stage 4<\/em><br><strong>changed to<\/strong><br><em>attainment in English and maths &#8211; percentage of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in&nbsp;<abbr title=\"General Certificate of Secondary Education\">GCSE<\/abbr>&nbsp;English and maths<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>We suggest that schools also publish the percentage of students staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 (pupil destinations). <\/em><br><strong>changed to<\/strong><br><em>We suggest that schools also publish percentage of pupils that enter the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/english-baccalaureate-ebacc\">English Baccalaureate<\/a>&nbsp;(<abbr title=\"English Baccalaureate\">EBacc<\/abbr>) staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 (pupil destinations). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pupil premium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupil premium strategy templates are now available on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"DfE website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/pupil-premium-strategy-statements\" target=\"_blank\">DfE website<\/a> rather than a link being provided to the Teaching Schools Council website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional guidance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">You may wish to plan your pupil premium use over 3 years. You should aim to update the online strategy statement by the end of the autumn term each year to reflect your plans for the academic year after assessing the needs of your pupils, both new and existing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional guidance acknowledging the difficulty of reporting impact for 2019 to 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">We understand that evaluating the pupil premium\u2019s impact in the 2019 to 2020 academic year will present difficulties as a result of reduced numbers of pupils having attended between March and July 2020.<br>Instead, schools may wish to monitor and report on the grant\u2019s impact at the end of the current financial year, bearing in mind their duty to update this information at least annually, covering the whole period since September 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What you must publish if you received payments for 2019 to 2020 has been reduced to 2 items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><li>details of how you spent your allocation for that year<\/li><li>how your use of that allocation made a difference to the attainment of the pupils who benefit from the funding<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A note has been added that 2020 to 2021 is the last year which schools must report on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><abbr title=\"physical education\">PE<\/abbr>&nbsp;and sport premium for primary schools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some minor clarifications and scope widening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>the <strong>effect of the premium<\/strong> on pupils\u2019&nbsp;<abbr title=\"physical education\">PE<\/abbr>&nbsp;and sport participation and attainment<\/em><br><strong>changed to:<\/strong><br><em>the <strong>impact the school has seen<\/strong> on pupils\u2019&nbsp;<abbr title=\"physical education\">PE<\/abbr>, <strong>physical activity<\/strong>, and sport participation and attainment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special educational needs and disability (SEND) information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This section has been re-ordered and some minor additional clarification added but the requirements remain substantially the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201101061714\/https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25\">section 6 of the Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years<\/a>.<\/em><br><strong>changed to:<\/strong><br><em>(Statutory guidance on this is contained in section 6.79 to 6.82 of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25\">Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years<\/a>) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School complaints procedure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Added clarification that any arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with SEND about the support the school provides should be published as <em>part of your SEND Information report<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Governors\u2019 information and duties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Added clarification that information must be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>in line with the constitution of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/constitution-of-governing-bodies-of-maintained-schools\">governing bodies of maintained schools statutory guidance<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a new requirement but a new explicit reminder that the statutory guidance requires that you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>should also publish the same information for <strong>associate members<\/strong> making it clear whether they have voting rights on any of the committees to which they have been appointed. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equality Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A reminder that you must comply with the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 (2011 in the previous guidance), though the requirements have not changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional examples of how to comply have been added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools\">The Equality Act 2010 and Advice for Schools<\/a>&nbsp;provides information as to how your school can demonstrate compliance, for example, including details of how your school is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><li>eliminating discrimination (see the Equality Act 2010)<\/li><li>advancing equality of opportunity \u2013 between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it<\/li><li>consulting and involving those affected by inequality, in the decisions your school or college takes to promote equality and eliminate discrimination (affected people could include parents, pupils, staff and members of the local community)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A should, not a must, but a new note nonetheless:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Your approach to the curriculum should also include how you are complying with your duties in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2010\/15\/schedule\/10\">Equality Act 2010<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2014\/1530\/made\">Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014<\/a>&nbsp;about making the curriculum accessible for those with disabilities or special educational needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"731\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ofsted-website-checklist-2015-1.png\" alt=\"school website checklist\" class=\"wp-image-2312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ofsted-website-checklist-2015-1.png 731w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ofsted-website-checklist-2015-1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Download your FREE Statutory requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/ofsted-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"checklist (opens in a new tab)\">checklist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Source:<\/strong><br>What maintained schools must publish online<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online<\/a><br>Updated 12 November 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 12th, the DfE dropped a major update to their guidance on what maintained schools must publish online, which for nearly every school means what they must publish on their school website. 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