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English Martyrs Catholic Primary School provides a structured, flexible remote learning offer so that children can continue their education at home if they are absent from school. Please refer to our ‘Remote education provision: Information for Parents’ document which can be found on our policies page.
How your child accesses remote learning
Safeguarding remains a priority during any period of remote education. Our usual safeguarding and child protection procedures continue to apply and all concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing should be reported in the same way as when school is open. If you have a safeguarding concern, please contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead using the school office phone number or email, or speak to a member of the Senior Leadership Team. For more information, please see our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and our Online Safety Policy, which are available on the school website. You can also report the concern via email using: [email protected]
We expect pupils to follow the same standards of behaviour online as they do in school and to use school platforms (such as Google Classroom and Purple Mash) responsibly. Parents are encouraged to supervise younger children’s online activity and to talk to them about safe and respectful use of technology. Links to our child protection and online safety policies, along with further advice for parents on keeping children safe online, can be found on the policies section of our website.
Leadership of remote education
The Head of School, Melanie Moore, has overall responsibility for the quality and organisation of remote education at English Martyrs Catholic Primary School. She works with class teachers, the SENCO and the pastoral team to ensure that remote learning is well planned, accessible and appropriately matched to pupils’ needs, including those with SEND or other vulnerabilities.
Equivalence to in‑school education
Our remote education offer is designed to be broadly equivalent in length and ambition to the education pupils would receive in school. Wherever possible, children learning at home will follow a similar daily timetable to their classmates in school, covering the full range of curriculum subjects and maintaining high expectations for effort and engagement. We recognise that individual health needs and family circumstances may affect how much learning a child can manage each day, and we will work with parents to adapt expectations and support so that learning remains manageable, safe and in the best interests of each child.
How your child accesses remote learning
- Children in KS1 and KS2 use Google Classroom to access daily timetables, live lessons and lesson resources, including links to BBC Bitesize and Oak Academy.
- Pupils also use Purple Mash (especially KS1 and lower KS2), Times Tables Rockstars and online reading books; fiction books can be collected weekly from school where appropriate.
- If your child cannot get online, the school can loan a Chromebook, send paper packs by post or collection, and use text messages and phone calls to support learning via a smartphone where needed.
- Remote education is delivered through live lessons on Google Classroom, set tasks on Purple Mash, linked online resources and reading books matched to your child’s level.
- Paper learning packs are available for families who prefer or need an offline option, with new packs provided when completed work is returned for marking.
- Children are expected to attend remote learning as they would school; registers are taken for online lessons and engagement is monitored daily.
- If a child misses sessions, staff will phone home; ongoing lack of engagement leads to follow‑up from the pastoral lead so that support can be put in place.
- Teachers give feedback through live questioning, written comments on Google Classroom and Purple Mash, and by marking paper work in line with the school’s marking policy; older pupils are encouraged to edit and resubmit work.
- The school recognises that some pupils with SEND or other vulnerabilities may need extra help to access remote learning and works closely with families to tailor support.
- Engagement of pupils with SEND is tracked, targeted calls are made where engagement is low, and staff talk pupils carefully through how to join and take part in live lessons with appropriate activities.
- The pastoral leader works with any pupil identified as vulnerable or needing further support, including during periods of absence.
- If your child is self‑isolating while the rest of the class is in school, teachers set as many activities as possible in line with the class work on Google Classroom and Purple Mash, and this is checked and assessed as normal.
- For longer absences due to illness, the school aims to maintain continuity of education with accessible, tailored materials, regular contact with home, adapted tasks and collaboration with the SENCO or other professionals where needed.
- The school follows its legal duties (Equality Act and SEND legislation) and plans for a smooth reintegration when your child is ready to return to school.
Safeguarding remains a priority during any period of remote education. Our usual safeguarding and child protection procedures continue to apply and all concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing should be reported in the same way as when school is open. If you have a safeguarding concern, please contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead using the school office phone number or email, or speak to a member of the Senior Leadership Team. For more information, please see our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and our Online Safety Policy, which are available on the school website. You can also report the concern via email using: [email protected]
We expect pupils to follow the same standards of behaviour online as they do in school and to use school platforms (such as Google Classroom and Purple Mash) responsibly. Parents are encouraged to supervise younger children’s online activity and to talk to them about safe and respectful use of technology. Links to our child protection and online safety policies, along with further advice for parents on keeping children safe online, can be found on the policies section of our website.
Leadership of remote education
The Head of School, Melanie Moore, has overall responsibility for the quality and organisation of remote education at English Martyrs Catholic Primary School. She works with class teachers, the SENCO and the pastoral team to ensure that remote learning is well planned, accessible and appropriately matched to pupils’ needs, including those with SEND or other vulnerabilities.
Equivalence to in‑school education
Our remote education offer is designed to be broadly equivalent in length and ambition to the education pupils would receive in school. Wherever possible, children learning at home will follow a similar daily timetable to their classmates in school, covering the full range of curriculum subjects and maintaining high expectations for effort and engagement. We recognise that individual health needs and family circumstances may affect how much learning a child can manage each day, and we will work with parents to adapt expectations and support so that learning remains manageable, safe and in the best interests of each child.