Our Trust and School Policies

As Newham Community Learning, we have a number of Trust policies which apply to all schools across the Trust.  These are regularly reviewed and updated, and are then published on the Policies Page of the Trust website.

Trust policies

  • Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Online Safety Principles Statement
  • Health and Safety Principles Statement
  • First Aid
  • Safer Recruitment
  • Supporting Children with Health Needs who Cannot Attend School
  • Supporting Children with Medical Conditions
  • Behaviour Principles Statement
  • RSHE Principles Statement
  • Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Suspension and Permanent Exclusions
  • Finance
  • Gifts and Hospitality
  • Business and Pecuniary Interests
  • Emergency Planning and Critical Incidents
  • Data Protection
  • Freedom of Information
  • Model Publication Scheme
  • School Information Guide
  • Privacy notices – for adults and for primary and secondary pupils
  • Complaints
  • Whistleblowing
  • Public Sector Equality Duty and Objectives
  • Unacceptable Visitor Behaviour
  • Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
  • NCL Primaries – Early Career Teachers

In addition, at Lister Community School, we have a set of school policies which we regularly review and update. A number of these are required by law; others we have developed in order to ensure that our processes and procedures in all areas of school life are clear and are understood by all.

Our policies ensure that we have a robust way of maintaining and improving the high standards that we set ourselves and our children. Furthermore, they provide all our stakeholders with a ‘road-map’ through which to access information about school life. Fundamentally, they support our vision of being a learning community for all.  Key school policies are available via the links in the listing below, or via the links in the statements below.

School statutory policies and links to relevant pages

Detailed information about how we support our SEND students, including our Local Offer and our Annual Report can be found on the Inclusion Page.

Our careers guidance and Provider Access Statement are available on the Careers Page.

Our Equalities report can be found here and should be read in conjunction with the NCL Public Sector Equality Duty and Objectives, which can be found on the Policies Page of the Trust website.

School non statutory policies and links to relevant pages

Our pupil attendance policy and protocols can be found on the Attendance and Punctuality Page.

Information regarding our assessment and exams protocols are available on the Exams and Assessments Page.