Contact details: what to publish on your school website

Al schools must publish: – their postal address – their telephone number – the name of the member of staff who deals with queries from parents and carers, and the public

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Contact details > What all schools must publish

Academies and FE colleges should publish: – their postal address – their telephone number – the name of the member of staff who deals with queries from parents and carers, and the public – the name of their headteacher or principal – the name and contact details of the chair of their governing body, if applicable – the contact details of their academy trust and a link to its website, if applicable

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Contact details > What academies and FE colleges should publish

– the name of their headteacher or principal

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Contact details > What academies and FE colleges should publish

– their postal address

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Contact details > What all schools must publish

– their telephone number

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Contact details > What all schools must publish

Mainstream schools must also publish the name and contact details of their special educational needs co-ordinator .

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Contact details > What mainstream schools must publish

Mainstream academy schools must also publish in their SEN information report the name and contact details of their special educational needs co-ordinator .

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Contact details > What mainstream academy schools must publish

6.84 Governing bodies of maintained mainstream schools and the proprietors of mainstream academy schools (including free schools) must ensure that there is a qualified teacher designated as SENCO for the school.

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Chapter 6, para 6.84, page 108

The information required is set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 and must include information about: • the kinds of SEN that are provided for • policies for identifying children and young people with SEN and assessing their needs, including the name and contact details of the SENCO (mainstream schools) • arrangements for consulting parents of children with SEN and involving them in their child’s education • arrangements for consulting young people with SEN and involving them in their education • arrangements for assessing and reviewing children and young people’s progress towards outcomes. This should include the opportunities available to work with parents and young people as part of this assessment and review • arrangements for supporting children and young people in moving between phases of education and in preparing for adulthood. As young people prepare for adulthood outcomes should reflect their ambitions, which could include higher education, employment, independent living and participation in society • the approach to teaching children and young people with SEN • how adaptations are made to the curriculum and the learning environment of children and young people with SEN

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Chapter 6, para 6.79, page 106 (list continues on page 107: expertise and training of staff; evaluating effectiveness; engagement in activities; emotional and social development; involving other bodies; complaints)

the identity and the contact details of the controller and, where applicable, of the controller's representative;

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Article 13(1)(a)

the contact details of the data protection officer, where applicable;

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Article 13(1)(b)

c the details of the service provider, including his electronic mail address, which make it possible to contact him rapidly and communicate with him in a direct and effective manner;

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ reg. 6(1)(c)

c the geographic address at which the provider is established and details by which the provider may be contacted rapidly and communicated with directly (including, where the provider may be contacted and communicated with by electronic means, the details of how the provider may be so contacted and communicated with);

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ reg. 8(1)(c)

e if different from the address provided in accordance with paragraph (c), the geographical address of the place of business of the trader, and, where the trader acts on behalf of another trader, the geographical address of the place of business of that other trader, where the consumer can address any complaints;

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Sch. 2 para (e)