Policies

Consultation on RSHE Policy and Resources

The Trust will be running a consultation on DNEAT’s Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (RSHE) Policy and RSHE Curriculum resources. The consultation period will run from 13 July 2026 until 19 July 2026; during this time, members of our community are invited to express their views and any concerns about the DNEAT RSHE Policy and the RSHE Curriculum resources.

In accordance with the DfE’s July 2025 statutory ‘Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education’ guidance, we must consult on our RSHE Policy when developing our curriculum and policy. You can see the proposed RSHE policy here along with an overview of the curriculum resources from Pol-Ed.

The consultation will run for one week and, we are keen to hear the views of parents/carers of pupils in our schools on the proposed changes; therefore, we invite you to participate in the consultation if you have any concerns regarding the matter.

All responses to the consultation should be made in writing and submitted before midnight on 19 July 2026 to: Tara Burrows, Governance Officer: tara.burrows@donesc.org

Please note that written responses should outline your personal details, including your name, address and relationship to the school.

At the end of the consultation period, the Trust will consider the responses. The outcome of the consultation will be published on the Trust website as soon as possible following a decision being reached by the Trust. Hard copies will be made available on request to all respondents of the consultation.

If you wish to further discuss this matter, please contact Tara Burrows, Governance Officer: tara.burrows@donesc.org

The Open Academy Sixth Form Provision

We wrote to all stakeholders in April regarding the Open Academy 6th Form provision.

All consultation information was considered by the Department for Education via the Regional Director’s office. Their decision is that the closure of the sixth form (only) should go ahead and that this change should happen at the end of this school year. This will also bring about the change in age range of the school (from 11-19) to 11-16 year olds.

Consultation on admission arrangements for 2027/28 (2026 determination year)                                                                                                          

In accordance with the DfE’s 2021 statutory ‘School Admissions Code’ guidance, as an admissions authority we must consult on our admission arrangements at least once every seven years, and when changes are made, other than rolling forward dates and deadlines for the admissions process and for reductions in the PAN (Planned or Published Admission Number) of an academy.  DNEAT consulted on admission arrangements for six weeks from 31 October 2025 until 14 December 2025; during this time, members of our community were invited to express their views and any concerns about the proposed changes to the admission arrangements.

Responses to the consultation were received from Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils. Neither raised any objections to the changes either to the admissions policy or to the academy PANs where changes were proposed. No other responses were received.

On 18 December 2025 The Trust Board approved the DNEAT Admissions Policy 2027-28, as provided for consultation.

Trust Policies

The procedure for Trust policies is that the Board’s Committees review and approve the draft policies at their meetings each term in line with an annual schedule of policy review. Most policies are reviewed every three years. As soon as the Trustees have approved a policy it should be applied in all of the Trust’s academies and therefore will be communicated to the academies at the earliest opportunity so that it can be applied if the need arises.

The Governance office will advise when new policies are approved and uploaded to the website and an editable version of the policy will be circulated to academy offices and Headteachers for use. The academy should personalise the red text of the core policy for their academy setting. The Local Governance Committee (LGC) will then receive and note the policy at an LGC meeting. No other changes should be made to the Trust policies. A PDF version of the policy should then be uploaded to the Academy’s website when applicable (see below).

Not all policies need to be displayed on Academy websites, they just need to be available for staff to use and refer to and to provide to parents if requested. However there are some that are required to be included on Academy websites by the DfE and some that are required by the Trust. Altogether the policies that need to be included on the Academy websites are:

1. Safeguarding Policy (Trust)
2. Data Protection Policy and privacy notices for parents (Trust)
3. Data Protection Complaints Procedure (Trust)
4. Health and Safety Policy (Trust)
5. ICT and Internet Acceptable Use Policy (Trust)
6. Administration of Medicines Policy (Trust)
7. Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions Policy (Trust)
8. Behaviour Policy (Academy)
9. Attendance Policy (Academy)
10. Careers Information & Guidance (Academy (Secondary Academies only))
11. Charging and Remissions Policy (Trust)
12. Complaints Policy/Procedure (Trust)
13. Equality and Diversity Objectives Policy (Trust)
14. Speak Up Policy (Trust) – fulfils requirement to have clear whistleblowing procedures in place
15. Remote Learning Policy (Academy)
16. Uniform Policy (Academy)
17. Relationships, Sex and Health Education Policy (Trust)
18. Admissions Policy (Trust) (for years 2025-26, 2026-27. 2027-28)

It is left to the discretion of the Headteacher whether other policies are displayed on the Academy website.

If staff or Governors have any comments or suggestions for improvement, then please feed these through to governance@donesc.org so that they can be considered by the Trust Board. This will usually be when the policy undergoes the next formal review but may be sooner in appropriate circumstances.

Requirement to Publish Equality & Diversity Information Annually

DNEAT Equality Objectives 2026-2029

Gender Pay Gap & workforce information

DNEAT contact details:
Please be aware that the Trust’s contact details have recently changed and are noted below

Postal address: Orchard House, Hall Lane, East Tuddenham, Norfolk, NR20 3LR
Main office tel: 01603 550150

There are a number of policies which include the Trust’s contact details, these will be updated as the policies are reviewed in line with the review cycle. Please use the contact details noted above where needed.