Livingstone Academy Bournemouth’s remote education provision and expectations for live learning sessions aligns with Department for Education (DfE) statutory and non-statutory guidance (Providing remote education: guidance for schools) and ensures high-quality learning, safeguarding and consistency across our academy.
- Principles and Scope
Remote education is provided when in-person attendance is not possible or when attendance restrictions are required by public health or government advice. It may also be provided for individual pupils on a temporary, case-by-case basis when a pupil is well enough to learn but unable to attend in person (e.g., recovering from an operation, injury or short-term infectious illness, or as part of a phased reintegration agreed by the school).
Remote learning is delivered through our primary digital learning platform, Google Classroom, supplemented by Google Meet for live lessons, tutorials and pastoral touchpoints.
- Curriculum Provision & Daily Work Allocation
When remote education is required, the academy provides a curriculum equivalent in length and depth to the core teaching pupils receive in school:
- Key Stage 1 (Years 1-2): An average of 3 hours per day.
- Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6): An average of 4 hours per day.
- Key Stages 3, 4 & 5 (Years 7-13): An average of 5 hours per day.
Remote lessons combine direct live instruction, pre-recorded explanations, guided tasks, independent practice and high-quality supplementary platforms such as Oak National Academy and SPARX.
- Access to Technology and Digital Support
Livingstone Academy Bournemouth is committed to ensuring digital equity across our student body:
- Device & Internet Loans: Laptops or internet connectivity devices (such as dongles/SIM cards) are available for loan to pupils who lack suitable technology at home.
- Technical Assistance: If pupils or families experience IT issues, need login resets, or require hardware support, they should contact the Academy IT Helpdesk via the main school contact address.
- Paper Resources: Where digital access is temporarily unavailable, printed workbooks and physical learning packs will be arranged while technology solutions are deployed.
- Support for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Teachers adapt remote lessons to accommodate the individual needs of pupils with SEND:
- Reasonable Adjustments: Accessible digital formats, modified task lengths, assistive technology and adapted learning resources are provided.
- Targeted Support: Teaching Assistants and the SENDCo provide targeted support, virtual check-ins where appropriate.
- EHCP Compliance: For pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), the academy works in partnership with the Local Authority and parents to ensure required provision continues remotely.
- Live Session Expectations Agreement
To ensure virtual learning environments remain safe, respectful and productive, all participants must adhere to the expectations outlined below:
| What we expect of our students | What we ask of our parents/carers | What you can expect from the Academy |
| Preparation: Prepare a quiet, calm, comfortable, and appropriate workspace. | Workspace: Help create an appropriate work space that is quiet, calm, and comfortable. | Staff Training: Fully trained staff with updated CPD on teaching, learning, and safeguarding procedures suitable for live streaming. |
| Punctuality & Attire: Log in on time, be appropriately dressed, and be ready to learn. Do not attempt to join the Google Meet before the member of staff. | Punctuality: Promote good organisation by ensuring your child logs into all live lessons on time, is appropriately dressed, and ready to learn. | Safe Environment: A safe, secure, and supportive live learning setting. All live sessions will be recorded for safeguarding purposes. |
| Organisation: Be organised with equipment, resources, and required items prior to the lesson. Follow normal timetables and submit work on time. | IT Support & Usage: Ensure that all IT equipment is used correctly and communicate with the Academy if additional IT support is needed. | Professional Standards: Staff adhere to professional standards of dress and conduct at all times. Teachers will arrive 5 minutes early to open and set up sessions. |
| Appropriate Use: Use all IT equipment appropriately and follow instructions given by academy staff. | Support: Support the work of academy staff and appreciate the rationale behind operational decisions. | Session Supervision: Teachers will end sessions for all participants, ensuring learners are not left unsupervised. |
| Active Engagement: Demonstrate engagement by actively listening, thinking deeply, asking questions, and sharing ideas. | Encouragement: Actively encourage your child to aspire to be their best by utilising all learning opportunities via Google Classroom and live lessons. | Quality Learning: Well-planned and purposeful sessions providing feedback and clear expectations for follow-up work. |
| Respect & Behaviour: Behaviour must meet our high expectations at all times. Derogatory comments, bullying, or intentional distractions will result in muting, removal, or suspension from live sessions. | Communication: Contact the Academy via official channels (e.g., Assistant Principal or central office email) to raise concerns or ask questions. | Curriculum & Passion: A broad, balanced curriculum provision delivered by subject specialist teachers providing engaging learning. |
| Privacy: Under no circumstances are students permitted to record, screenshot, or photograph live sessions. | Parental Boundaries: Families are asked to refrain from joining or speaking in live sessions, as this can be disruptive and infringes on group privacy. | Recognition & Support: Recognition of student engagement, targeted interventions, and regular feedback. |
- Safeguarding and Recording Rationale
- Lesson Recording: In the interest of safeguarding all parties, live lessons and video tutorials will be recorded by the academy. Recordings are stored securely in accordance with UK GDPR and data protection policies and will not be shared publicly or uploaded to open Google Classroom streams.
- Opt-Out Procedure: If a parent or carer does not agree with the live session recording rationale, they must complete the Live Learning Opt-Out Form available on the school website or via the Main Office. Pupils whose parents opt out will not attend live streamed meetings but will continue to receive work, guided recordings, and resources via Google Classroom.
- Online Safety Controls: Staff use neutral/blur backgrounds, school-issued accounts, and locked video controls. Pupils should keep cameras and microphones off unless directed by the teacher.
- Live Streaming Sanction Ladder
Where a student fails to meet standard academy expectations during a live learning session, the following three-step process applies:
- Step 1 (First Warning): Students who fail to adhere to live expectations or disrupt learning will receive a verbal warning from the teacher explaining the issue. The incident is logged on the academy behaviour tracking system.
- Step 2 (Second Warning & Removal): If the behaviour continues, a second warning is issued, and the student is removed from the live session. Removed students must not attempt to re-enter the session. The teaching staff member contacts the parent/carer by the end of the day and logs the event.
- Step 3 (Subject/SLT Escalation): If disruption recurs in subsequent sessions, the student is temporarily removed from live learning opportunities in that subject area. The Co-ordinator and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) are informed, and formal contact with parents/carers will determine next steps and reintegration conditions.
- Academy Contact Details
For inquiries regarding remote education, technology, or pastoral support:
- General Enquiries & IT Support: office@livingstone-aspirations.org
- SEND & Inclusion Queries: Contact the Academy SENCo via office@livingstone-aspirations.org
- Safeguarding Concerns: Contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) via the main academy reception.