Statutory Information and Policies

The Consortium Academy Trust is the admissions authority for Howden School.   

Howden School has a Published Admissions Number of 150 students in Year 7. 

The Secondary Admissions Policy for the current and coming years can be found here.

Please visit our Admission page here for further information on:   

• Applications to Year 7  
• In-Year Admissions 

The Consortium Academy Trust’s audited annual report and accounts can be found here.

Our Trust-wide Behaviour Policy can be found here.

Our Howden Behaviour Protocols, which can be found here, operate alongside this. 

The school has a long history of championing Careers Education, Information and Guidance.   

Our Careers Leader is Miss Scott.

Our Provider Access Policy can be found here.

Further information about our Careers Provision can be found here.

We welcome positive feedback and enjoy being able to pass on compliments to our staff. If you would like to share positive feedback, please email enquiries@consortiumtrust.co.uk.

Equally, we recognise there may be times when you may have concerns or wish to make a complaint about an aspect of our work. We aim to resolve concerns or complaints at the earliest possible stage and, where possible, informally.

Please contact the school (in person / email / telephone call) in the first instance with any concern / complaint to give the school the opportunity to resolve.

If you are not satisfied with the response given, or you would like your complaint dealt with formally, then please complete the form here. We cannot accept formal complaints that are not on this form.

The Concerns and Complaints Policy can be viewed here.

All statutory curriculum information, and further insights can be found on our Curriculum pages accessed via the link here.

Our school's Music Development Plan can be accessed here.

Data Protection Statements explain what information we collect, how the information will be used, how we determine for how long we keep it and any related rights. 

Our Data Protection Policy can be found here.

Our Data Protection Documents for our Trust can be found here.

The Consortium Academy Trust publish Executive Pay information on their website. This can be accessed here.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We support the fair treatment of all staff, irrespective of gender through our transparent recruitment, pay and professional development processes.

The Consortium Academy Trust publish a gender pay gap statement on their website which can be found here.

The Chair of The Consortium Academy Trust is Mr I Furlong.

The Director of Governance is Mrs L Thompson.

The Consortium Academy Trust Governance information can be viewed here.

This includes:

• Memorandum of Association 
• Scheme of Delegation 
• Articles of Association 
• Names of Trust Members and of the Board of Trustees 
• Relevant business and financial interests of members, trustees and accounting officers (LGB Business interests can be found on the school Governance page linked above) 
• Funding agreement 
• Governance structure

The Chair of the School’s Local Governing Body is Sarah Warnes. 

Further details about the school’s Local Governing Body can be found here.

This includes: 

• Names of members of the Local Governing Body 
• Relevant business and financial interests 
• Minutes from LGB Meetings 

The school’s most recent Ofsted reports can be found here.

We welcome feedback of our school. Please visit the Parent View site to share your views here.

Please find the school’s performance data on the Exam Results page of the website here.

A link to the DfE’s school performance tables for our school can be found here.

At Howden School, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of school life.   

Our Trust Promoting Equal Opportunities Policy can be accessed here.

Our School’s Equality Objectives can be accessed here.

The Local Governing Body Minutes also demonstrate challenge in relation to academic and pastoral data for different groups. Minutes can be found here.

Details of how the school spends its pupil premium funding and the effect this has had on the students who attract the funding. 

Our latest Pupil Premium Strategy and Evaluation can be found here.

In exceptional circumstances, in the event a child is unable to attend school, we follow the DfE’s guidance on providing remote education.

Details of how the school manages any need for remote education can be found here.

"Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play in safeguarding children.” KCSiE 

At Howden, we follow the child protection procedures set out by The Consortium Academy Trust and take account of the guidance issued by the Department for Education. 

Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found here.

A link to Keeping Children Safe in Education can be found here. 

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead and their Deputy are as follows: 

All members of staff receive annual safeguarding training from the DSL and through National College.   

An external review of safeguarding is commissioned through the Trust.

Further information about Safeguarding can be found here.

The school day starts at 8:40am and finishes at 3:00pm.

At Howden, we offer a free breakfast club from 8:15am. Students should arrive by 8:35am for their tutor line-up.

Information about our school uniform and second-hand uniform options can be found here.

• The Consortium Academy Trust SEND Policy, which applies to all our Trust schools, can be found here.
• Our school’s SEND Information Report can be found here.
• Our school’s accessibility plan can be found here.
• To find out more about SEND and Inclusion, visit our SEND page here.

Our Vision is Shaping Positive Futures.

Our Vision, Mission and Values can be found here.