School Website Checklist for Maintained Schools

(Under review for 2026/27)

Date of review: November 2026
Date of next review: November 2027

CONTACT DETAILS
School Contact Details	Link
School name	Contact Us
Postal address	Contact Us
Telephone number	Contact Us
Name of person who deals with queries from parents and the public	Family Engagement
Name and contact details of your special educational needs (SEN) co-ordinator (SENCO)	Staff List
Official start and end times of our school day, and hours in a typical week.	School Day

FINANCIAL
Financial Information	Link
Number of individuals (if any) earning over £100k, in £10k bandings (a table is recommended, update annually)	Financial Reporting
A link to your school’s dedicated page on the ‘schools financial benchmarking’ service s	Financial Reporting

ADDITIONAL
Additional School Information	Link
Statement of ethos and values	Mission & Vision
Behaviour principles written statement	Behaviour Policy
A link to, or copy of, your most recent Ofsted report	Ofsted
A link to the school and college performance measures website and your school’s performance measures page	N/A
Privacy notices*	Privacy Notices
Freedom of Information	Freedom of Information
Details of the amount of time off taken by staff who are union officials to carry out their union duties**	N/A
Details on how and where parents/carers can buy second-hand school uniforms	School Uniform

* Privacy notices must be freely available to those whose personal data it handles – publishing them on your website is the best way to meet this requirement.
** Applicable to foundation and voluntary aided schools (for community and voluntary controlled schools, the responsibility to publish this lies with the local authority (LA) as the employer). This only applies to schools of a certain size. Check the guidance for details.

EQUALITY
Equality Information	Link
Equality objectives (update at least every 4 years)*	Equality and Diversity Policy
Details of how you comply with the public sector equality duty (update annually)*	Equality and Diversity Policy
Accessibility statement**	Accessibility Statement
Gender pay gap data***	N/A

* The Equality Act 2010 advice for schools provides information on how your school can demonstrate compliance, for example by showing how your school is:
- Eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation (see the Equality Act 2010)
- Advancing equality of opportunity between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
- Consulting and involving those affected by inequality in the decisions you are taking to promote equality and eliminate discrimination
** Schools are partially exempt from public sector accessibility regulations, but you must still publish an accessibility statement on your website. See our article for guidance and a template.
*** This requirement only applies if your school has 250 or more employees. If your school has fewer than 250 employees, you may still choose to publish this data. See our article and template on gender pay gap reporting for more details.

POLICIES
School Policies	Link
Behaviour policy	Behaviour Policy
Charging and remissions policy	Charging & Remissions Policy
Complaints policy*	Complaints Procedure
Your relationships education, or relationships and sex education (RSE), policy**	Relationship and Sex Education Policy
Uniform policy	School Uniform
Attendance policy	Attendance Policy
16 to 19 bursary fund policy (only if you access fund)	N/A

* Arrangements for handling complaints from parents/carers of pupils with SEN about the support the school provides must be published as part of the SEN information report (see below).
** This requirement is referred to as a 'statement' in section 8 of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019. We confirmed with the DfE that by ‘statement’ they actually mean your RSE policy.

SEN
Special Educational Needs (SEN) Information Report*	Link
The SEN information specified in Schedule 1 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014*	SEND Policy
Information* as to: • Your admission arrangements for pupils with disabilities • The steps you’ve taken to prevent pupils with disabilities from being treated less favourably than other pupils • The facilities you provide to help pupils with disabilities access the school • Your accessibility plan**	Accessibility Plan

* Update at least annually and as soon as possible when any changes occur.
** Your SEN information report must mention your accessibility plan and confirm that it covers the following 3 areas (the plan itself does not have to be published online):
- Increasing the extent to which pupils with disabilities can participate in your curriculum
- Improving your school’s physical environment to increase access for pupils with disabilities
- Improving the delivery of information to pupils with disabilities when compared with pupils without disabilities

CURRICULUM
Curriculum*	Link
For each academic year, the content of the curriculum for each subject (including RE, even if it’s taught as part of something else)	Curriculum
Details of how someone can find out more about your curriculum	Curriculum
Details of your remote learning provision (suggested, not required)	Remote Education
Key Stage 1 (KS1): the names of any phonics or reading schemes you’re using	N/A
Key Stage 4 (KS4): a list of courses available to pupils, including GCSEs	KS4 Curriculum
Information explaining that parents and carers can withdraw their children from any/all RE lessons	Religious Education
Information about your music development plan (alongside the content of your music curriculum) – this is an expectation rather than a requirement	Music Development Plan

* Your approach to the curriculum should also include how you’re complying with your duties in the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 about making the curriculum accessible for those with disabilities or SEN

ADMISSIONS
New Heights School is a Pupil Referral Unit. Pupils are referred to us via the Local Authority
Admissions Information	Link
A link to your local authority’s website for parents/carers who wish to find out about your school’s admission and appeal arrangements	Liverpool City Council Admissions
Your school’s admission arrangements, by 15 March each year	Admissions Policy
A timetable for organising and hearing admission appeals for your school, by 28 February each year	N/A
How you’ll deal with in-year applications for the following school year, by 31 August each year, including: • An application form (if your governing board manages in-year admissions) • A link to the in-year admission scheme (if you manage this through your LA) • Any supplementary information	N/A

PUPIL PREMIUM
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement	Link
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement (using the DfE’s template), by 31 December	Pupil Premium

* Any activity funded using the pupil premium (from the start of the 2023/24 academic year onwards) must fall under an approach listed in the ‘menu of approaches’ set out on page 6 of using pupil premium: guidance for school leaders

PE & SPORT PREMIUM
PE & Sport Premium (Primary aged pupils only)	Link
How much funding your school received	PE & Sport Premium
Details of how your school spent, or will spend, the	PE & Sport Premium
The impact of the funding on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment	PE & Sport Premium
How you’ll make sure these improvements are sustainable	PE & Sport Premium
The percentage of pupils within your year 6 cohort that can do each of the following: • Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres • Use a range of strokes effectively • Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations	PE & Sport Premium

* By the end of the summer term (31 July at the latest). If you download a copy of the digital form return and use this as your published report, make sure the form is converted to HTML format to meet accessibility requirements.

CAREERS PROGRAMME
Careers Programme information (Years 7 to 13 Only)	KS3	KS4
The name, email address and telephone number of your careers leader (use a school number, to avoid publishing their personal one, in line with the UK GDPR)	KS3 Careers Guidance	KS4 Careers Guidance
Information about your careers programme, including: - A summary of it, including details of how pupils, parents, teachers and employers can access information about it - How you measure and assess the impact of it on pupils - The date when you’ll next review the published information	KS3 Careers Guidance	KS4 Careers Guidance
Provider access policy statement	Provider Access Policy

KEY STAGE 2
Key Stage 2 Performance Data	KS2
Your most recent* KS2 performance data, as published by the secretary of state, comprising:
% of pupils who achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)	KS2 Performance Data
% of pupils who achieved a higher standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)	KS2 Performance Data
Progress scores in reading, writing and maths	KS2 Performance Data
Average scaled scores in reading and maths	KS2 Performance Data

KEY STAGE 4
Key Stage 4 Performance Data	KS4
Your most recent KS4 performance data, as published by the secretary of state, comprising:
Progress 8 score	KS4 Performance Data
Attainment 8 score	KS4 Performance Data
% of pupils who achieved a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (combined)	KS4 Performance Data
% of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc)	KS4 Performance Data
% of pupils staying in education or going into employment after KS4	KS4 Performance Data
Your EBacc average point score (APS)	KS4 Performance Data

GOVERNANCE
Governance Information	Link
The structure and responsibilities of the governing board and its committees, and full names of the chair of each	Governing Body
For each governor who’s served at any point over the past 12 months (including associate members): • Full name • Term of office • Date of appointment • Date they stepped down (where applicable) • Who appointed them • Attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year • Relevant business and pecuniary interests, including: • Governance roles in other educational institutions • Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or between governors and school staff • Associate members: you should publish the same information as above and details of their voting rights on committees	Governing Body

* This information must be published in a readily accessible form. For example, it should be on a webpage, without the need to download or open a separate document.
The DfE also encourages you to publish governing board diversity data, but this is not a requirement. Read more guidance in our article on publishing information about the governing board.