Policies

Accessibility Plan Policy(pdf)

Created May 2021Permalink

The purpose of the accessibility plan is to increase the extent to which disabled pupils can participate in the curriculum, improve the physical environment of the school to enable disabled pupils to take better advantage of education, benefits, facilities and services provided and improve the availability of accessibility information for disabled pupils and parents.

Admissions Policy 2024-2025(pdf)

Created March 2023Permalink

The 2024-25 Admission policy covers the admission process for Harrogate Grammar School.

Admissions Policy 2025_26(pdf)

Created March 2024Permalink

Admissions Policy 2025_26

Attendance Policy(pdf)

Created December 2024Permalink

Every student has a right to access the education to which he/she is entitled. The School aims to work together with parent/carers, teachers and outside agencies to ensure that all students, registered at the school, attend both regularly and punctually.

Bereavement Policy(pdf)

Created December 2024Permalink

This policy provides clear guidelines on our approach to students and their families who have suffered a bereavement.

Bullying and Harassment Policy(pdf)

Created December 2023Permalink

Every member of the community of Harrogate Grammar School has the right to learn in a secure and caring environment in order to realise his or her true potential in all aspects of school life, free from humiliation, intimidation and abuse. They also have the responsibility to contribute, in whatever way they can to the protection and maintenance of such an environment. The school does not tolerate bullying and all incidents are taken seriously. Sanctions could include exclusion from school.

Careers Education Policy(pdf)

Created November 2023Permalink

Harrogate Grammar School is committed to providing a comprehensive Careers Education Information and Guidance (CEIAG) programme which fulfils the Gatsby Benchmarks. This policy is underpinned by our long-term vision and aim to provide an outstanding careers programme which encompasses the school values of ‘Excellence for All’.

Careers Education Provider Access Policy Statement(pdf)

Created December 2023Permalink

This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of providers to students at the school for the purpose of giving them information about the provider’s education or training offer.

CCTV Policy 2024(pdf)

Created March 2024Permalink

CCTV Policy 2024

Curriculum, Learning and Assessment Policy(pdf)

Created December 2024Permalink

This policy is for all teachers who work at the school. It provides information, guidance and procedures on Harrogate Grammar School’s curriculum, how the learning time available is maximised and how students are assessed. All of which focus on our core purpose of Excellence for All.

Designated teacher for looked after children policy(pdf)

Created February 2024Permalink

This policy is for all staff, students, parents and carers, governors, visitors and partner agencies who work with the school. It provides principles, guidelines and procedures as to how Harrogate Grammar School promotes the educational achievement of looked-after and previously looked-after children.

Exams Access-arrangements-policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Archiving Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Complaints and Appeals Procedure 2023-2024(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Conflict of Interest-policy-exams 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Contingency Plan 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Emergency Evacuation Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Equalities-policy-exams 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Escalation Process 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Internal Appeals Procedure 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2023Permalink

Exams Lockdown Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Malpractice policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Non-Exam Assessment Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Whistleblowing Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

Exams Word Processor Policy 2023-24(pdf)

Created May 2024Permalink

First Aid Policy(pdf)

Created December 2024Permalink

This policy is for all staff, students, parents and carers, governors, visitors and partner agencies who work with the school. It provides principles, guidelines and procedures as to how Harrogate Grammar School provides first aid.

Management of Offsite Visits Policy(pdf)

Created October 2021Permalink

Safely managed educational visits with a clear purpose are an indispensable part of a broad and balanced curriculum and a vibrant part of the academies within the Red Kite Learning Trust. They are an opportunity to extend pupils’ learning and enrich their appreciation and understanding of themselves, others and the world around them. They can be the catalyst for improved academic performance, contextual understanding, a lifetime interest or in some cases professional fulfilment. They are to be encouraged.

Medical Policy(pdf)

Created December 2024Permalink

Medical policy

Photography/video consent form(pdf)

Created April 2022Permalink

The School is obliged to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 when it takes or publishes photographs and or video of its students.

Respectful Relationships and Behaviour Policy 2022(pdf)

Created February 2022Permalink

Respectful Relationships and Behaviour Policy 2022

RSE Policy(pdf)

Created February 2024Permalink

Relationship and Sex Education policy

Safeguarding Policy(pdf)

Created September 2024Permalink

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all professionals should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child. Harrogate Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding policy summary(pdf)

Created September 2024Permalink

RKLT and Harrogate Grammar School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of their Pupils. Each pupil’s welfare is of paramount importance. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility

Searching and Confiscation Policy(pdf)

Created February 2023Permalink

Searching and Confiscation Policy

Special Consideration Policy (Exams) 2022-23(pdf)

Created May 2023Permalink

Special Consideration Policy (Exams) 2022-23

Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Policy(pdf)

Created February 2024Permalink

At Harrogate Grammar School we take great pride in our mission of `excellence for all’, striving for all learners to achieve their full potential – emotionally, physically, socially and academically. This is nurtured through a proactive and caring environment that promotes consistency, stability and respect for all. We want students to be resilient and persevering whatever the challenge and our support to enable them to reach this goal is unrelenting. The objective of this policy is to ensure that the governing body makes provision for vulnerable students who have SEN or those who are disabled.

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) Policy(pdf)

Created December 2024Permalink

Harrogate Grammar School recognises that the spiritual, moral, social and cultural element of students’ education is crucial to their development as an individual, allowing them to take their rightful place in their community as a local, national and global citizen. SMSC is about the values students are encouraged to hold, their attitude towards learning, knowledge and society.

Students with health needs who cannot attend school policy(pdf)

Created February 2024Permalink

This policy is for staff, students, parents and carers, governors and partner agencies who work with the school. It provides principles, guidelines and procedures as to how Harrogate Grammar School provides suitable education for students with health needs who cannot attend school.

Substance Use and Misuse Policy(pdf)

Created February 2024Permalink

The Policy aims are to ensure students are aware of their responsibilities in relation to drug issues (medicines, alcohol, tobacco, solvents and other drugs) during school time. To allow the school to react appropriately and consistently to drug related incidents, so that the behaviour of the few does not jeopardise the health or learning environment of the rest of our students. To provide a programme of Personal Development which promotes positive attitudes to health and allows young people to develop social and life skills to ensure that they are aware of the dangers of drug use.

Supporting students with medical conditions policy(pdf)

Created December 2022Permalink

This policy provides principles, guidelines and procedures as to how Harrogate Grammar School ensures students with medical conditions are fully supported, it applies to all staff, students, parents and carers, governors, visitors and partner agencies who work with the school.

Suspension and Permament Exclusion Guidance Policy(pdf)

Created September 2024Permalink

Suspension and Permament Exclusion Guidance Policy