Website Compliance Checklist (September 2023 to August 2024)
Termly Reviews:
Summer Term 2024 | click here for our June 2024 website compliance review/report.
Next full update will take place in August 2024 - in review/support of the DfE's updated guidance on what academies, free schools and colleges should publish online during the 2023-24 academic year. This checklist helps us identify annual checks on:
- What information we have published online inline with DfE and ESFA statutory guidance
- Whether it is required for the Academy (School) or Multi Academy Trust website
- Whether it is statutory or recommended.
Our published policies can be reviewed by clicking here
Some of the information you require maybe published on the Academy Trust website (www.cfat.org.uk) our website compliance review/report provide hyperlinks to relevant information however, if you cannot find what you are looking for please contact our school office.
Key Contacts
To report a pupil absence please call Adele Simm in the school office 01942 487999 who manage day to day queries from parents/carers and other members of the public.
To speak with Carly BozdoÄŸan, Head of School please contact 01942 487999 or email enquiries@plattbridge.cfat.org.uk
To contact our Special Educational Needs Coordinator or Inclusion team please click here.
To speak to the Chair of the school Local Academy Board Mr Michael Farrell please click here
Information description |
Required for a SAT site? (Y/N) |
Required for a MAT site? (Y/N) |
If a MAT, required for individual academy sites? (Y/N) |
Statutory? |
Published? (Y/N) |
Reviewed by |
Lead |
Date reviewed |
Date of next review |
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Annual reports and accounts |
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The annual audited accounts and report, published no later than 31 January |
Yes |
Yes |
MAT |
Yes |
Yes |
Trustees and CEO |
Members / Trustees |
10/01/2023 |
2022-23 accounts to published following AGM 21.11.23 |
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The memorandum and articles of association, annual report, funding agreement (including master and supplementary agreements), and the names of charity trustees and members |
Yes |
Yes |
MAT |
Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by DfE |
Yes |
Trustees |
Members / COO |
15/11/2022 |
Live Documents Subject to any in year trust changes |
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Governance arrangements |
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In a readily accessible format, the structure and remit of the trust’s members, board of trustees, its committees, and local governing boards (LGBs), and the full names of the chair of each (where applicable), including the scheme of delegation for the trust and terms of reference detailing clear lines of accountability. |
Yes |
Yes |
No, but some academy trusts publish their LGB information |
Yes |
Yes CFAT Members, Trustees and FAR Committee Click Here Platt Bridge Community School LAB Kingsbridge SCITT Headteacher Board |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
22/08/2023 |
Live Pages Subject to any governance change(s) during the 2023-24 academic year |
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Each trustee’s attendance records at board and committee meetings over the last academic year |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes CFAT Members, Trustees and FAR Committee Click Here |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any change(s) during the 2023-24 |
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Each local governor’s attendance records at LGB meetings over the last academic year |
Yes |
Yes |
No, but some academy trusts publish their LGB information |
Yes |
Platt Bridge Community School LAB |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any change(s) during the 2023-24 |
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Information on each member who has served at any point over the past 12 months – this includes the following:
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes CFAT Members, Trustees and FAR Committee Click Here Register of Interests |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
22/02023 |
Live Subject to any change(s) during the 2023-24 |
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Information on each trustee and local governor who has served at any point over the last 12 months – this includes the following:
If the trust’s accounting officer is not a trustee, their relevant business and pecuniary interests must still be published. |
Yes |
Yes |
No, but some academy trusts publish their LGB information |
Yes |
Yes CFAT Members, Trustees and FAR Committee Click Here Yes Platt Bridge Community School Yes Kingsbridge SCITT |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any change(s) during the 2023-24 |
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The relevant business and pecuniary interests of other individuals named on the register |
No |
No |
No |
No, this is at the trust’s discretion. |
Yes CFAT Members, Trustees and FAR Committee Register of Interests Platt Bridge Community School LAB Register of Interests Kingsbridge SCITT HTB |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
19/09/2023 |
Live Subject to any change(s) during the 2023-24 |
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A dedicated governance page, including:
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Yes |
Yes |
LGB information only |
Recommended |
Under review for Platt Bridge Community School and Kingsbridge SCITT Members and Trustees Platt Bridge |
COO |
COO with input from the trust Clerk |
19/09/2023 |
Currently updating photo's. To be achieved by Dec 23 |
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Contact details |
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Contact details including the following:
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Recommended |
Community First Academy Trust Platt Bridge Community School Kingsbridge SCITT |
Trust Central Team |
COO |
22/08/2023 |
Aug 2024 |
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Other academy details, including the following:
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Recommended |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team |
COO |
22/08/2023 |
Aug 2024 |
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Admissions |
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This requirement is sometimes met via an Admissions Policy. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team |
CEO with support from the Trust Central Team |
22/08/2023 |
Jan 2024 Currently consulting on Admission Arrangements for 2025-26 as Trust has not consulted on their admission arrangements in the last 7 years. |
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School Uniform Guidance and Policy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team |
CEO with support from the Trust Central Team |
26/08/2022 |
August 2024 |
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Remote education |
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The plan regarding the trust’s remote education provision, including the expectations for remote education, teaching approaches and number of hours per day. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team |
School AhT’s |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any in year changes |
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Contingency / Outbreak Management Plan [updated 31st August 2021] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team |
Exec head |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any in year changes |
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Exam and assessment results |
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Information on, or a link to, the academy trust’s recent Ofsted inspection |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by DfE |
Platt Bridge Community School Kingsbridge SCITT |
Trust Central Team |
CEO |
22/08/2023 |
Subject to any in year changes / conversions |
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A link to the government’s school and college performance tables and the academy trust’s own performance tables |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team |
CEO |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any in year changes |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by DfE |
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trustees |
School AhT’s
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22/08/2023 |
Subject to any in year changes |
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Curriculum |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by DfE |
Yes Platt Bridge Community School
Click Here to review for Curriculum Overview |
COO / Trustees and LAB |
School AhT’s |
22/08/2023 |
Live Subject to any in year changes |
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Policies and procedures |
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Behavioural Policy, including an anti-bullying strategy. Charging and Remissions Policy, which must include details of activities or cases for which pupils’ parents are charged, and circumstances where exceptions are made on a payment Academy trust-specific Complaints Procedure Policy Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy Whistleblowing procedure |
Yes |
Only if providing an overarching policy |
Yes |
Recommended
Regarding the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, ‘Keeping children safe in education’ requires that this policy be made publicly available, either on the academy trust’s website, or by other means. |
Yes Platt Bridge Community School |
DhT / DSL |
COO with support of School DhT & AhT’s for school related policies |
22/08/2023 |
Policies to be updated in line with any in year change(s) |
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Arrangements for handling complaints from parents of children with SEND about the support provided by the school |
Yes |
Only if providing an overarching policy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes Platt Bridge Community School |
COO |
COO with support from DhT/DSL |
22/08/2023 |
Change in line with any in year changes in staffing or procedures |
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Regarding the First Aid Policy, EAL Policy and Health and Safety Policy, the Independent School Standards Regulations 2014 requires these to be made available to parents. Publishing them on the academy trust’s websites is an effective way of meeting this requirement. The other policies required by these regulations are mentioned elsewhere in the checklist. Regarding the SEND Policy, the ‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ requires academy trusts to have a SEND Policy and information on their approach to supporting pupils with SEND; however, this does not need to be published on the website. Publishing the policy on the website would be considered good practice as it provides parents with easy access to information regarding the school’s SEND provision. Regarding the Whistleblowing Policy, the DfE recommends this is published online. |
Yes |
Only if providing an overarching policy |
Recommended |
Recommended
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Yes Trust Wide Policies Local Offer Wigan Council |
DhT / DSL |
COO with support from DhT/DSL |
22/08/2023 |
Policies to be updated in line with any in year change(s) |
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Funding |
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Details of how pupil premium funding is spent (per academic year), and the effect this has on the attainment of the pupils who attract the funding, including:
For the previous academic year:
The government acknowledges that schools may find it difficult to publish demonstrable evidence of the impact their pupil premium spending strategy for the 2019/2020 academic year, as many pupils were not at school between March and July 2020. This year, schools may wish to monitor and report on the grant’s impact at the end of the current financial year instead. |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by the DfE |
Yes Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team and FAR Committee reporting to the Board of Trustees |
CFO with support from school PP Lead and Trustee and LAB PP Governor |
22/08/20232 |
Page has been updated following 2023-24 governance update / review pupil premium strategy |
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For academy trusts in receipt of the PE and sport premium:
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Subject to funding agreement – but strongly recommended by the DfE |
Yes
Platt Bridge Community School |
Trust Central Team and FAR Committee reporting to the Board of Trustees |
CEO with support from school Sports Premium Lead |
22/08/2023 |
Page to be updated following in Sept 2023 following 19th Sept 2023 Governance meeting |
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If the academy trust receives the coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium grant in the academic year 2020/ 2021:
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Recommended |
Yes |
Trust Central Team and FAR Committee reporting to the Board of Trustees |
COO and CFO |
22/08/2023 |
To be updated in line with any in year change(s |
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SEND |
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SEND Information Report, which is updated with any changes as soon as possible, and which must be compliant with:
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes Trust Wide Policies Local Offer Wigan Council |
DSL reporting to the CEO |
DSL and SENco |
22/08/2023 |
Page to be updated in Spring 24 |
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Equality objectives |
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Details of how the academy trust is complying with the Public Sector Equality Duty from the Equality Act 2010, and the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 – which should be updated annually
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes Click Here to review |
COO |
COO |
22/08/2023 |
Page to be updated following Governance review |
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A statement of the academy trust’s ethos and values |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Recommended |
Yes Community First Academy Trust |
COO |
CEO and Board of Trustees |
22/08/2023 |
Following any governance review |
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The following gender pay gap information: · The mean and median hourly pay gap between men and women · The annual bonus gap between men and women · The percentage of men and women participating in the bonus · The number of men and women in each of the four quartile pay bands |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
N/A |
COO |
COO |
22/08/2023 |
Publish when trust employs 250+ employees
A summary is however covered in the annual account report Click Here |
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· The MAT’s overarching British values statement · Information and links to all member academies, including local governors, links to academies’ websites and basic contact details, e.g. phone number, address and administrative email address · Additional information on member academies, such as when they joined the MAT |
No |
Yes |
No |
Recommended |
Yes
Community First Academy Trust Member academies links |
COO |
Board of Trustees |
22/08/2023 |
Following any in year change(s) |
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Freedom of information |
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The academy trust’s publication scheme, which complies with section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 The academy trust’s ‘guide to information’ |
Yes |
Yes |
This depends on whether the academies are classed as public authorities in their own right, or whether they simply form part of the authority of the MAT. If they are completely independent, they need to publish their own information separate from the trust. The trust itself will be able to advise on which arrangement applies. |
Public authorities should make sure that the scheme, the guide to information and schedule of fees are all available on their website, public notice board, or in any other way that they normally communicate with the public. |
Yes
Community First Academy Trust
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COO |
COO |
22/08/2023 |
Following any in year change(s) |
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The academy trust’s schedule of fees (often included in the guide to information) |
CFO |
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If subject to an Financial Notice to Improve (FNtI), the academy trust must publish the FNtI on their website within 14 days of it being issued and will retain it on the website until the FNtI is lifted by the ESFA. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
COO |
CFO |
Data information
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