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Regulatory

We ensure that every Interactive School Prospectus™ complies with the regulatory and statutory guidelines provided by the DfES - but seek to make more engaging and interactive content available to help prospective parents and pupils get a real feel of the school - beyond the standard information.

Statutory Content

The following statutory information should be included in your School Prospectus:

  • the school's name, address and telephone number
  • the type of school
  • the name of the Headteacher and Chair of the Governing Body
  • information about the admissions policy and arrangements for prospective parents to visit the school
  • the school's ethos and values
  • a summary of the Governing Body's policy for pupils with special educational needs and any changes to the policy during the last year
  • details of the religious education provided and a reminder that parents can withdraw their children from all or part of religious education and collective worship and alternative provision for those pupils
  • details of any links which the school has with a particular religion or religious denomination
  • rates of authorised and unauthorised pupil absence
  • information about the school's National Curriculum assessment results at KS1, 2 and 3
  • national information about National Curriculum assessment results at KS3 (Secondary schools only)
  • a summary of results for GCE A and AS examinations in the school and nationally (Secondary schools only)
  • GCSE and GNVQ results in the school locally and nationally (Secondary schools only)
  • the number of pupils studying for and percentage achieving other vocational qualifications(Secondary schools only)
  • destinations of school leavers (Secondary schools only)
  • details of the number of school places available in the current school year and the number of applications and parents interested in those places (Secondary schools only).

Optional Content

Schools are not required to include the following topics in the Prospectus, but we would encourage communicating as much information as possible to give a full picture. Much of this information can be delivered in a more interactive and engaging way - for example, images, video, audio, animation, charting:

  • a statement on the school's arts policy and provision
  • a statement on the school's sports policy and provision
  • a statement on the school's pastoral care provision
  • a description of any other action taken to develop or strengthen links with parents and the local community
  • curriculum information, including aims, content, setting and grouping, gifted and talented, organisational strategies and teaching techniques, class sizes including any age groups taught together, summary of content and organisation of sex education
  • where parents can see copies of statutory instruments and guidance documents sent to schools by the DfES about the curriculum, schemes of work and syllabuses, OfSTED reports, school policies
  • dates of school holidays and times of school sessions
  • how the school seeks to involve and engage parents
  • arrangements for dealing with formal complaints
  • details of career education and guidance and work experience provided (Secondary schools only)
  • details of alumni success stories
  • further information about admissions (Secondary schools only)