how we communicate
Website
- Updated regularly with new events on the homepage
- Statutory policies
- Information that is unlikely to change throughout the academic year e.g. term dates and the structure of the school day
- The school calendar
MCAS - My Child at School
- Communication of rewards and successes
- Communication of detentions and other sanctions
- Please follow this link to learn more about how to use MCAS
Social Media
- Updates on 'one off' events at the school
- Celebrations of success
- Urgent 'one off' communications required at short notice e.g. closure of the school
X - https://twitter.com/YateAcademy
Facebook - https://facebook/YateAcademy
- For letter and newsletters
- For information on students' progress/reports
Telephone
- When single personal communication is required, rather than with a large group of students/families
Newsletter
- To provide an update from the Headteacher every week and End of Term Newsletter sent out.