“The good quality of leadership throughout the school is driving the development of teaching and learning…”
Ofsted Inspection Nov 2007
Tanbridge House School's Publication Scheme
Information available under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Tanbridge House School governing body is responsible for maintenance of this scheme.
Introduction: what a publication scheme is and why it has been developed
One of the aims of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (which is referred to as FOIA in the rest of this document) is that public authorities, including all maintained schools, should be clear and proactive about the information they will make public.
To do this we must produce a publication scheme, setting out:
The classes of information which we publish or intend to publish
The manner in which the information will be published; and
Whether the information is available free of charge or on payment.
The scheme covers information already published and information which is to be published in the future. All information in our publication scheme is either available for you on our website to download and print off or available in paper form.
Some information which we hold may not be made public, for example personal information.
This publication scheme conforms to the model scheme for schools approved by the Information Commissioner.
Aims and Objectives
The school aims to:
Build strong links with home and community to ensure continuity and breadth of experience in a co-educational environment
Insist on high quality teaching ensuring progression and actively respond to individual needs, talents, skills and interests
Enable students to become self motivated, to develop respect for others and to gain a real sense of self worth
Ensure provision of the best facilities in a comfortable, attractive and safe work-place
Empower students to develop essential skills for lifelong learning, vital for success in a fast changing and diverse society
and this publication scheme is a means of showing how we are pursuing these aims.
Categories of information published
The publication scheme guides you to information which we currently publish (or have recently published) or which we will publish in the future. This is split into categories of information known as ‘classes’. These are contained in section 6 of this scheme.
The classes of information that we undertake to make available are organised into four broad topic areas:
School Prospectus - Information published in the school prospectus
Governors' Documents - Information published in the Governors Annual Report and other governing body documents
Pupils & Curriculum - information about policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum
School Policies and other information related to the school information about policies that relate to the school in general
How to request information
If you require a paper version of any of the documents within the scheme, please contact the school by telephone, email, fax or letter. Contact details are set out below or you can visit our website, email,
Tel: 01403 263628
Fax: 01403 211830
Contact Address: Tanbridge House School
Farthings Hill
Guildford Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1SR
To help us process your request quickly, please clearly mark any correspondence “PUBLICATION SCHEME REQUEST” (in CAPITALS).
If the information you’re looking for isn’t available via the scheme and isn’t on our website, you can still contact the school to ask if we have it.
Paying for information
Information published on our website is free, although you may incur costs from your Internet service provider. If you don’t have Internet access, you can access our website using a local library or an Internet café.
Single copies of information covered by this publication are provided free unless stated otherwise in section 6. If your request means that we have to do a lot of photocopying or printing, or pay a large postage charge, or is for a priced item such as some printed publications or videos we will let you know the cost before fulfilling your request. Where there is a charge this will be indicated by a £ sign in the description box.
Classes of Information Currently Published
School Prospectus - this sections sets out information published in the school prospectus
Class |
Description |
School Prospectus |
The statutory contents of the school prospectus are as follows, (other items may be included in the prospectus at the school’s discretion): the name, address and telephone number of the school, and they type of school the names of the headteacher and chair of governors information on the school policy on admissions a statement on the school's ethos and values details of any affiliations with a particular religion or religious denomination, the religious education provided, parents' right to withdraw their child from religious education and collective worship and the alternative provision for those pupils information about the school's policy on providing for pupils with special educational needs number of pupils on roll and rates of pupils' authorised and unauthorised absences National Curriculum assessment results for appropriate Key Stages, with national summary figures GSCE/GNVQ results in the school, locally and nationally a summary of GCE A/AS level results in the school and nationally the number of pupils studying for and percentage achieving other vocational qualifications the destination of school leavers (some information might be confidential or otherwise exempt from the publication by law – we cannot therefore publish this) the arrangements for visits to the school by prospective parents the number of places for pupils of normal age of entry in the preceding school year and the number of written applications / preferences expressed for those places |
Governors' Annual Report and other information relating to the governing boys - this sections sets out information published in the Governors' Annual Report and in other
governing body documents.
Class |
Description |
Governors' Annual Report |
The statutory contents of the governors' annual report to parents are as follows, (other items may be included in the annual report at the school's discretion): details of the governing body membership, including name and address of chair and clerk a statement on progress in implementing the action plan drawn up following an inspection a financial statement, including gifts made to the school and amounts paid to premises information about the implementation of the governing body's policy on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and any changes to the policy during the last year a description of the arrangements of the admission of pupils with disabilities; details of steps to prevent disabled pupils being treated less favourably than other pupils; details of existing facilities to assist access to the school by pupils with disabilities, the accessibility plan covering future policies for increasing access by those with disabilities to the school a statement of policy on whole staff development identifying how teachers' professional development impacts on teaching and learning number of pupils on roll and rates of pupils' authorised and unauthorised absence National Curriculum assessment results for appropriate Key Stages, with national summary figures GCSE/GNVQ results in the school, locally and nationally GCE A/AS and vocational qualification results in the school and nationally the number of pupils studying for and percentage achieving other vocational qualifications the destination of school leavers (some information might be confidential or otherwise exempt from the publication by law – we cannot therefore publish this) a statement of the extent to which proposals in the post-inspection action plan have been carried into effect |
Instrument of Government |
The name of the school The category of the school The name of the governing body The manner in which the governing body is constituted The term of office of each category of governor if less that 4 years The name of the governing body The manner in which the governing body is constituted The term of office of each category of governor if less than 4 years The name of any body entitled to appoint any category of governor Details of any trust If the school has a religious character, a description of the ethos The date the instrument takes effect |
Minutes of governing body and its committees meetings |
Agreed minutes of meetings of the governing body and its committees (current and last full academic school year) |
Pupils & Curriculum Policies -This section gives access to information about policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum.
Class |
Description |
Home - school agreement |
Statement of the school's aims and values, the school's responsibilities, the parental responsibilities and the school's expectations of its pupils for example homework arrangements |
Curriculum Policy |
Statement on following the policy for the secular curriculum subjects and religious education and schemes of work and syllabuses currently used by the school |
Sex Education Policy |
Statement of policy with regard to sex and relationship education |
Special Education Needs Policy |
Information about the school's policy on providing for pupils with special educational needs |
Accessibility Plans |
Plan for increasing participation of disables pupils in the school's curriculum, improving the accessibility of the physical environment and improving delivery of information to disabled pupils |
Race Equality Policy |
Statement of policy for promoting race equality |
Collective Worship |
Statement of arrangements for the required daily act of collective worship |
Careers Education Policy |
Statement of the programmes of careers education provided for Key 4 |
Child Protection Policy |
Statement of policy for safeguarding and promoting welfare of pupils at the school |
Pupil Discipline |
Statement of general principles on behaviour and discipline and of measures taken by the headteacher to prevent bullying |
Pupils & Curriculum Policies -This section gives access to information about policies that relate to pupils and the school curriculum.
Class |
Description |
Published reports of Ofsted referring expressly to the school |
Published report of the last inspection of the school and the summary of the report and where appropriate reports of religious education in those schools designed as having a religious character |
Post-Ofsted inspection action plan |
A plan setting out the actions required following the last Ofsted inspection and where appropriate as action plan following inspection of religious education where the school is designated as having a religious character |
Charging and Remissions Polices |
A statement of the school's policy with respect to charges and remissions for any optional extra or board and lodging for which charges are permitted, for example school publications, music tuition, trips |
School session times and term dates |
Details of school session and dates of school terms and holidays |
Health and Safety Policy and risk assessment |
Statement of general policy with respect to health and safety at work of employees (and others) and the organisation and arrangements for carrying out the policy |
Complaints procedure |
Statement of procedures for dealing with complaints |
Performance Management of Staff |
Statement of procedures adopted by the governing body relating to the performance management of staff and the annual report of the head teacher on the effectiveness of appraisal procedures |
Staff Conduct, Discipline and Grievance |
Statement of procedure for regulating conduct and discipline of school staff and procedures by which staff may seek redress for grievance |
Curriculum circulars and statutory instruments |
Any statutory instruments, departmental circulars and administrative memoranda sent by the Department of Education and Skills to the head teacher or governing body relating to the curriculum |
Annex A - Other documents |
Annex A provides a list of other documents that are held by the school and are available on request |
Feedback and Complaints
We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have about the scheme. If you want to make any comments about this publication scheme or if you require further assistance or wish to make a complaint then initially this should be addressed to the head teacher.
If you are not satisfied with the assistance that you get or if we have not been able to resolve your complaint and you feel that a formal complaint needs to be made then this should be addressed to the Information Commissioner’s Office. This is the organisation that ensures compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and that deals with formal complaints. They can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Enquiry/Information Line: 01625 545 700