EXPLANATORY NOTES

We hope you find this notice, explaining our finances, both interesting and easy to understand. You will see that our salaries take up a considerable proportion of our overall budget.

We place great importance upon our teaching and learning and this is reflected in the amount of money we spend directly on teaching equipment and materials.

Here at Tuxford we recognise the value of Post-16 education and encourage students to ‘stay-on’ at school wherever possible. To help with their travel costs we spend £3,000 per year in subsidies for bus passes for these students - this is not something which many other schools can lay claim to.

Through our Governing Body and Parents Focus Group you have the opportunity to influence our spending and our policies. If you cannot use these channels of communication please feel free to contact Dave Cook, Budget Manager at school on 01777 870001.

Our Community leaflet series...

This policy statement was first published as a community leaflet (available from Reception at the school). The series of policy statements is published because we aim to be a welcoming and helpful school and we are always looking for ways to improve the service we offer:

• We set tough performance standards and tell pupils, parents and the community whether we are achieving them.
• We tell people about our services and how to get the most out of them.
• We give pupils, parents and the community a choice wherever possible and consult them about our service.
• We are courteous and helpful and responsive to needs and wishes.
• Our complaints procedure is easy to use and we put things right quickly.