HINCHINGBROOKE

SCHOOL

Policy Statement
on

EMERGENCY CLOSURE

Drawn up by:                                             SJE

Date:                                                          April 2008

Date adopted by Governing Body:             6.5.08 (Resources Committee)

Revised:           

POLICY STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY CLOSURE

GUIDANCE FOR STAFF IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CLOSURE

If the school cannot open because of the weather or other circumstances, staff will be contacted as per the information on the Emergency Closure schedule.  Parents/students will be notified via Radio and/or the HSA and via parentmail and the school website.

Staff will be expected to come into school unless:

• You are told specifically not to do so by a member of the Leadership Group or your line manager;
• You live some distance from school and you deem it unsafe to travel. If the police advise that unnecessary travel should be avoided, car journeys should not be undertaken.

On arrival into school, you should report to reception or, if not open, to a member of the Leadership Group.

APPENDIX 1
EMERGENCY  CLOSURE  PROCEDURES/CRITICAL INCIDENT “TELEPHONE TREE”

In order to reduce staff, parent and pupil inconvenience, we will then "network" the closure message as follows:

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCURATE DETAILS FOR ANY COLLEAGUES WHO THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO CONTACT.
IF THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THOSE STAFF WHO ARE ABLE WITH REASONABLE SAFETY TO MAKE THE JOURNEY TO SCHOOL SHOULD DO SO.