Policies

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to providing a caring, friendly, and safe environment for all students so that they can learn in a secure and enclosed atmosphere. Bullying of any kind is unacceptable in our Academies. If bullying does occur, all students should feel able to tell staff and should be confident that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust and its schools strive to ensure that all children feel safe when with us. We believe that success is possible for every child, working with the strengths of each individual child to ensure that they achieve to the best of their abilities. Around 41,000 children are bereaved of a parent every year in the UK. That’s nearly two children under 16 every hour. Many more are bereaved of a grandparent, sibling, friend or other significant person.

This procedure applies only to teachers about whose performance there are serious concerns that the appraisal process has been unable to address. Capability concerns about NQT’s will normally be dealt with under the Induction procedures, however in the most severe cases the Principal may instigate Capability procedures at any stage which may lead to dismissal before the end of the induction period. The induction process will continue during this period.

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is fully committed to the safety of its staff, students, and visitors and to this extent has invested in the security of its buildings and facilities. The purpose of this policy is to regulate the management, operation, and use of the closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at our Academies

This policy aims to set and maintain the standards of conduct that we expect all staff to follow. Many of the principles in this code of conduct are based on the Teacher’s Standards.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to providing high-quality services. Complaints are essential to help us review and further develop our services. We aim to achieve the highest standards.

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust must as part of its financial and management responsibilities establish a register of interest. This will be kept up to date through regular review. This register must capture relevant business and pecuniary interests of Members, Trustees, members of the Standards and Performance Committee, senior staff and staff with financial responsibility or influence as a minimum.

As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust complies fully with the code of practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust welcomes its duties under the Equality Act 2010 and is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of equality and diversity across all aspects of the Trust’s work. The Trust aims to create an environment in which all employees, pupils and stakeholders are recognised as being of equal value and are able to grow and develop through equality of opportunity.

The Trust’s executive pay policy is designed to attract and retain high quality senior leaders whilst ensuring compliance with the Academies Financial Handbook. It provides for a remuneration package, which reflects the Trust’s educational outcomes and performance against stretching educational targets, operational and financial objectives.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust aims to be an honest and ethical institution. As such, it is opposed to fraud and corruption and seeks to eliminate fraud by the way it conducts Trust business. This document sets out the Trust’s policy and procedures for dealing with the risk of significant fraud or corruption.

t is Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust’s policy to ensure that employees with a grievance relating to their employment are able to use this procedure to resolve grievances quickly, fairly and as close as possible to the point of origin.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust (S-CAT) is a multi-academy sponsor responsible for a network of primary and secondary schools across the West Midlands. The Trust acknowledge and accepts our statutory and moral responsibilities and recognises that good health and safety performance is an integral part of meeting that responsibility.

The purpose of the Investment Policy is to set out the processes by which Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust trustees will meet their duties under the Academy’s Articles of Association and guidance set out within the Academies Financial Handbook issued by the ESFA.

This statement is made on behalf of Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust (The Trust) pursuant to the provisions of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the ‘Act’) and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust and its academies are committed to providing the best possible care and education to its students and recognises the importance of recruiting and retaining staff of the highest quality.