The school opens at 8.35am and closes at 3.10pm each day. Children spend 32 hours and 55 mins in school every week.
All mainstream schools in England expected to provide a week of at least 32.5 hours. This includes the time from the official start of the school day to the end, encompassing both lessons, breaks, and lunchtime.
Charging and Remissions
The school wishes to make a broad programme of activities accessible to as many pupils as possible, however, there will be situations when the school needs to charge parents for specific things or ask for voluntary contributions. Details of these circumstances can be found in the school's charging and remissions policy.
Charging and Remissions policy
Parents can request paper copies of information from the school website free of charge - please contact the school office
Privacy Notice for parents/carers and pupils
The Data Protection Act (2018) sets out in UK law the legal framework with which education settings and local authorities must comply when they process the personal data. Providing accessible information to individuals about the use of their personal information (data) is a key element of their legal right to transparency as set out in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Data Controllers and Data Processors are responsible for provide this information and all education settings and local authorities are classed as data controllers and may also be data processors in their own right and, as such, they have a duty to inform pupils, staff and parents (known as Data Subjects) on how they process the data that is within their control.
The Data Protection Officer (DPO) and is responsible for overseeing the implementation of this policy, monitoring compliance with data protection law, and developing related policies and guidelines where applicable.
The DPO is also the first point of contact for individuals whose data the school processes, and for the ICO.
Our Data Protection Officer’s contact details are below:
Mr. Gerard Strong, School Improvement Adviser (IT)
West Berkshire Council Education Service
Council Offices Market Street, Newbury RG14 5LD
Tel: 07500 785950
E-mail: Gerard.Strong1@westberks.gov.uk
The Willows Privacy Notice for parents/carers and pupils
Financial Transparency
As part of the financial transparency regulations, the DfE have included two reporting requirements for maintained schools.
Benchmarking
Under current legislation, maintained schools are required to publish on their website a link to the specific page on the Schools Financial Benchmarking website dedicated to their school. Please use the link below.
The Willows Primary School:
https://financial-benchmarking-and-insights-tool.education.gov.uk/school/135213
Individuals earning over £100,000
All LA maintained schools are required to publish on their websites the number of individuals (if any) earnings over £100,000 in £10k bandings.
There are no individuals earning over £100,000 employed by The Willows Primary School.
Freedom of Information Publication Scheme