Pupils with Disabilities


The school is committed to ensuring each child and member of our school community has equal access to all aspects of school life. Equal Opportunity Policies are available from the Main School Offi ce. The school has provision for pupils with disabilities e.g. ramps and lift, a disabled toilet and physio room.


School Transport


and Access The majority of pupils who reside in the Aberdare district and who travel to school by public transport do so in designated school buses provided by transport operators. From other areas including (i) the Rhondda Valleys and Pontypridd; (ii) Abercynon and Mountain Ash; (iii) Penderyn and Rhigos and (iv) Llanfabon, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council provides designated school contract buses to and from the school.


The circumstances in which the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council meets the transport costs of pupils resident in the Borough are available from RCT.


Pupils from the Merthyr Tydfi l County Borough travel to and from school using transport provided by that Authority. For pupils resident outside Rhondda Cynon Taff, enquiries about transport should be made to the relevant Local Authority.


Health and Safety


Health and safety regulations and procedures are in place. Policies, plans and documents are available from the Main School Offi ce. The security of the site is constantly reviewed. The site is cleaned daily and there is a supervisor on site for toilet cleanliness.


Security


School security is regularly reviewed and improvements regularly made, e.g. new fi re alarm system.


Charging and


Remissions Policy Although, as a Voluntary Aided School, the Local Education Authority is responsible for “maintaining” St John Baptist School, there are elements of the costs incurred which are the direct responsibility of the Governors of the school, who can, in certain circumstances, recover some of these from parents.


Moreover, participation in optional extra activities having cost implications will, as hitherto, only be on the basis of parental choice, and subject to previous agreement as to charges. In case of fi nancial need, confi dential advice will be given by the Headteacher as to the possible remission, or recovery from other sources, of any charges made. Pupils whose parents are in receipt of universal credit are able to claim free board and lodging on residential school visits if the visits take place during school hours or is part of the national curriculum, part of a syllabus for a public examination or part of Religious Education.


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