Remote Learning
Article 28: Every child has the right to an education.
This page provides guidance our remote education provision when it is not possible, or is contrary to government guidance, for some or all pupils to attend school.
Remote education will only ever be considered as a last resort where a decision has already been made that attendance at school is not possible, but pupils are able to continue learning.
Prioritising attendance
Attendance is essential for pupils to get the most out of their school experience, including for their attainment, wellbeing, and wider life chances.
Remote education should not be viewed as an equal alternative to attendance in school. We will consider it only as a last resort when the alternative would be no education, and only after it has been established that the pupil is, or will be, absent from school. In such cases, remote education can have the benefit of allowing absent pupils to keep on track with their education and stay connected to their teachers and peers.
Scenarios where remote education will be considered
Circumstances where it might not be possible for pupils to receive in person education fit into 2 broad categories:
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school closures or restrictions on attendance, where school access for pupils is restricted
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individual cases where a pupil is unable to attend school but is able to learn
Individual cases where a pupil is unable to attend school but is able to learn
There should only be limited circumstances where a pupil is unable to attend school but is able and well enough to continue their education remotely. These circumstances should only involve a short-term absence and might include pupils:
- recovering from short- term infectious illnesses
- preparing for or recovering from some operations
- recovering from injuries where attendance might inhibit recovery
The remote curriculum: what is taught to pupils at home
A pupil’s first day or two of being educated remotely might look different from our standard approach, while we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.
What should my child expect from immediate remote education in the first day or two of pupils being sent home?
The school will endeavour to ensure that remote education provision will be made available immediately and we will endeavour to:
- email parents/carers with necessary login information for online learning platforms
- email parents/carers with learning tasks for pupils to access
Parents/carers should:
- let us know if they require any stationary equipment to support home learning
- require support to access email/online information
Following the first few days of remote education, our school will endeavour to:
- teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. However, we may need to make some adaptations in some subjects, particularly if specialist equipment/ resources are necessary.
- provide a curriculum sequence that allows access to high-quality online and offline resources and teaching videos that are linked to the school’s curriculum expectations
- give access to high quality remote education resources
- work with families to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum
- set tasks so that pupils have meaningful and ambitious work each day in a number of different subjects
- teach a planned and well-sequenced curriculum so that knowledge and skills are built incrementally, with a good level of clarity about what is intended to be taught and practised in each subject
- provide children with guidance to which work within textbooks to complete
- provide / signpost families to online, high quality lessons, videos and resources daily
- ensure all resources and lessons provided, link to current curriculum objectives within their classroom
- ensure work for each day is uploaded each morning or on the day before
- provide paper-based resources for all subjects / maths and English / foundation subjects, if the child has no internet access at home
- provide regular feedback to pupils for their work
