Oaklands Home School Agreement

School will

• Provide a broad and balanced curriculum which gives students a range of educational opportunities.
• Ensure that each student has an IEP to meet their specific learning needs.
• Provide parents with timetables and daily or weekly diaries where appropriate.
• Provide students with homeworking activities on a termly basis and review when these are completed.
• Ensure parents are provided with copies of therapy programmes which need to be carried out at home as part of homeworking.
• Send home a half termly newsletter.
• Arrange a yearly Annual Review meeting.
• Encourage independence and social skills.
• Ensure that we provide a safe, happy, respectful environment where all students are valued and encouraged to develop to their full potential.
• Deal with any concerns promptly.
• Offer support and advice when requested.

Students will

• Follow school and class rules.
• Attend school regularly.
• Wear correct school uniform in Key stages 3 and 4.
• Try hard.
• Treat others with respect.
• Respect school property.

Parents will

• Support the school aims.
• Make every effort to attend parent’s evenings
• Attend Annual review meetings.
• Keep students off school when they are unwell.
• Provide school with an emergency contact in case they themselves are not available to deal with an emergency.
• Have a plan for collecting students if they become ill at school.
• Support students to complete their homeworking activities regularly and communicate with school any updates and questions.
• Use students communication systems as indicated in their speech and language therapy programme at home.
• Inform school promptly of any medical appointments or reasons why students are not in school.
• Check bags and diaries for letters/communication from school.
• Return home school diaries/ sign to confirm that these have been read/ return permission slips promptly.
• Label all items of clothing.
• Ensure that students have the appropriate items needed to participate in all activities (P.E/Swimming/ Pads/ Hat/ Sunscreen/ Coat /freedom pass for travel training etc)
• Encourage students to be as independent as possible.
• Arrange holidays in school holiday times only.
• Inform school of any changes which may affect health, learning or behaviour (E.g. medication/home circumstances etc).