School policies and procedures cover every aspect of school life. Below are some of our most important policies and procedures for your reference. If you want to know about something that is not listed, please ask the school office.

Equality Statement

Dudley Wood Primary School is committed to ensuring equality of education, and opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents/carers, irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, religion or socio-economic background.

We understand equality of opportunity to exist when:

• it is understood that everyone is unique and everyone has different needs;
• equality of access exists for all;
• everyone feels safe and secure in an environment which does not disadvantage or discriminate against anyone;
• individual and community needs are responded to for the benefit of everyone;
• adequate resources exist to meet everyone's needs.

The Rivers C. of E. Academy Trust

The Rivers C. of E. Academy Trust is currently in the process of updating all policies to reflect its new governance structure. In the new structure, local governors have been replaced by advocate roles (see governance page). Policies will be updated on a rolling programme. For information regarding responsibility for specific policies, please see the following documents: Scheme of Delegation and Policy Delegation.