This is the latest school news! Also check on your year group page and parents letters
Livestreaming is when an individual or a group of people broadcast themselves or others to an audience online in real-time. Many social media platforms offer a livestreaming feature that is available to anyone but often used by gamers, celebrities or influencers to communicate with a chosen audience. Livestreaming can be an enjoyable way to share content with followers but can also present risks around privacy and coercion as well as potential harm towards those watching.
Lots of information on this link to help you understand and keep your children safe online
https://saferinternet.org.uk/online-issue/livestreaming-2
Also some great social media checklists available - to guide you how to make sure safeguarding settings are on your/your child's accounts
https://swgfl.org.uk/resources/checklists/
OVERVIEW SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION RESPONSES
In Favour of the Proposed Changes
We had emails and face-to-face conversations from parents and local residents who agreed with the proposed changes. The main reasons for their agreement are summarised below:
Those in favour of the proposed changes also had a clear awareness of the fact that this kind of reasoned selective arrangement is a common feature of Multi Academy Trusts and other educational institutions; it is nothing unusual, unprecedented, or inherently unfair.
In Opposition to the Proposed Changes
Numerically, there were more responses which were not in agreement to the proposed changes. However, in every single case, the responses (summarised in bold below) were based on misconceptions and inaccuracies which are addressed underneath the responses:
Based on the most current data that we have, this does not appear to be factual; From the three named primary schools, only 7 additional pupils, who named EDA as their first choice for September 2022, did not gain a place.
Based on the most current data that we have, no pupils from St. Joseph and St. Theresa’s would have been displaced/blocked by the 7 additional pupils from the three named primary schools gaining a place.
Based on 2022 admissions figures, none of the pupils that would have been displaced by these incoming 7 pupils lived half a mile away from the school. They lived at least 1.25miles away.
There is little or no evidence, based on 2022 data, that there will be a huge influx of pupils from out of the area, who will travel to EDA via car, thus increasing congestion and parking problems. In fact, it is more likely, on the balance of probabilities, that the proposed changes may reduce such problems. This assertion is made for two reasons:
As part of our Online safety week we have sent all parents and carers a leaflet about talking to their children about their online behaviours.
https://www.internetmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Internet-Matters-Create-Environment-for-Kids-to-Talk-Jan-2023-2.pdf
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