School Policies and Guidelines
Policies – documents that have been approved by Committee and must be followed.
These policies cover aspects relating to education, ranging from nursery to upper secondary school, curriculum guidance behaviour, drugs and, health and safety. Over time and following consultation new policies will be issued and existing policies updated. When these are received by schools they should be added to the Head Teachers' Handbook and the older version of the policy removed.
The following are examples of some of the policy documents that are held by the Head Teacher:
- Acceptable Use Policy for Staff and Students
- School Transport Policy
- Bursaries Policy
- Drug Education Policy
- First Aid Provision in Schools Policy
- Health Education Policy
- Healthy Eating Policy
- Good Hygiene and Body Fluids Policy
- Inclusive Education Policy
- Policy on Pupils with Health Care Needs and Administration of Medications in Schools
- Race Equality Policy
- Sexual Health and Relationships in Education Policy
- Standing Up To Bullying in Shetland
- Operational Guidelines on Exclusion from School
- Shared Management Operational Guidelines
- Trips Away
Guidelines – documents prepared by Schools Service to support the delivery of Education that have not been presented to or require approval by Committee.
- Education for Citizenship – Operational Guidelines for School Adaptation
- Dialect Guidelines
- Drug Misuse Guidelines
- Early Intervention Strategies
- Guidelines for Dealing with Parental Complaints - draft
- Guidelines on Children Missing from Education
- Moving and Handling Guidelines - draft
- Physical Intervention Guidelines - draft
- Guidelines For Using Outside Agencies and Visitors in Schools
- Communication within the Schools Service
- Placing Request Guidelines
- Progress Meetings Guidelines
- Promoting Positive Behaviour
- Health Promotion Accreditation Guidelines
Copies of these documents can be obtained from all schools in Shetland or from the Schools Service, Hayfield House, Hayfield Lane, Lerwick. Telephone number 01595 744000 or e-mail: education&socialservices@shetland.gov.uk