• Pupils may gain access to the Internet when they have a topic to research and general open “surfing” is to be discouraged.
• Technicians will keep an electronic register of internet sites visited by all users. Software will be used to restrict access for individual users or block sites.
• The computers from which access can be gained to the Internet will always be within the vision of the member of staff responsible for the activity.
• No pupil must order any material or product via the Internet.
• Any pupil wishing to send e-mail must always have its content and destination checked by a member of staff.
• Any member of staff or pupil found deliberately sending or searching for unsuitable material on the Internet will have disciplinary action taken against them.
• If a person accidentally finds unsuitable material on the Internet it should be reported to an ICT technical member of staff and to the Network Manager for recording.
• Parents of pupils will be made aware of the use of the Internet in school and be asked to sign a form to grant permission for their child to access information via the Internet.
• The use of the Internet and e-mail for inter-school projects will be encouraged as will be use of the video conferencing equipment. Heads of Departments and Subject Leaders will look for ways to incorporate its use into subject projects and schemes of work.
• Pupil access to the Internet will be via a “garden wall” to filter out unsuitable material.
• Adult students attending classes in the school should follow the spirit of this policy which will be on display in the Community College buildings.

Charging and remissions policy

The Governors have adopted as their policy the one issued by Hartlepool Child and Adult Services Department. This takes into account that no additional funding will be available to Governors to finance optional extras such as theatre visits, trips and so on, whether or not they take place during the school day, evening, or weekends. Before any of these can take place parents will be asked if they wish their child to participate, and if so, are willing to bear the cost on the understanding that if insufficient funds are not forthcoming, trips etc, will not take place.

Parents will be asked to make payment for:

• The ingredients and materials for products made by their children, should they wish to own them.
• Any trips or optional extras taking place outside of school hours, should they wish their child to go.
• Any trips abroad, deemed to be outside of school hours and term dates, should they wish their child to go.
• Costs incurred by re-scrutiny to examinations results, should they have requested this.
• One-entry examinations, where the parents have requested a double entry for a prescribed public examinations in the same subject.
• Entering the child to re-sit an examination, where the school has not proceeded any preparation for that examination.
• Entering their child for a public examination not on the prescribed list of the school
• Costs incurred from entering a pupil to an examination, who subsequently does not complete the necessary coursework or fails to sit the examination, and hence fails 'without good reason'.
• Any music or vocal tuition provided outside the normal school day.

Parents can obtain remission of the following costs if they are claiming income support, income based jobseekers allowance or incapacity benefit:

• Music or Vocal tuition for pupils who participate in out-of-school music centre activities.
• Board and lodging charges for residential visits at the Authorities residential centre.

Remission for any other educational costs may be applied for in writing. These applications will be considered but there is no guarantee that remission can be made.

Financial assistance for school meals Applications for the above can be obtained by contacting the school or The Child and Adult Services Department, Civic Centre, Hartlepool. Telephone 01429-266522

We Dyke House Sports and Technology College are the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you, and may receive information about you from your previous school. We hold this personal data and use it to:  

• support your teaching and learning;
• monitor and report on your progress;
• provide appropriate pastoral care, and
• assess how well your school is doing. 

This information includes your contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information. 

We will not give information about you to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules permit it.We are required by law to pass some of your information to the Local Authority (LA), and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).   

If you want to see a copy of the information we hold and share about you then please contact Mrs S Hanson (Deputy Headteacher).

If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please go to the following websites:

• www.hartlepool.gov.uk/childrensservices/fpn
• www.teachernet.gov.uk/what_we_do_with_childrens_data.doc

If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the LA or the DCSF as follows: 

• Data Protection Officer
  Chief Executives Department
  Hartlepool Borough Council
  Civic Centre
  Victoria Road
  Hartlepool
  TS24 8AY
  
  Website: www.hartlepool.gov.uk
  Tel: 01429 523182
  


• Public Communications Unit
  Department for Children, Schools and Families
  Sanctuary Buildings
  Great Smith Street
  London
  SW1P 3BT                                    
  
  Website: www.dcsf.gov.uk
  Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
  Tel: 0870 000 2288

Once you are aged 13 or over we are required to pass on certain information to the Connexions services.  Connexions is the government's information and advice service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in England.

We must provide both your own and your parent/s' name/s and address/es, and any further information relevant to the Connexions services’ role.

However, you (if you are over 16) or your parents can ask that no information beyond name and address be passed to Connexions.  Please inform Mrs S L Sheldrick if you wish to opt-out of this arrangement. For more information about Connexions please, please contact the Local Authority as shown above.

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