{"id":28,"date":"2025-11-21T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolhandbook\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:41:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:41:43","slug":"situation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolhandbook\/situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Situation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Each year, schools have a <strong>statutory requirement<\/strong> to produce a School Handbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9c38c36f2b2ee370801b8875bed7c536\" style=\"color:#501b4a\"><strong>Accessibility <\/strong>on written communication needs to cater for a growing diverse population, including families for whom English is not their first language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41498d1b06c56201f69ff292f6839bbb\" style=\"color:#501b4a\">It can be <strong>challenging<\/strong> to maintain accurate information in school handbooks across the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7406c96a66b924cd8edf308bf380783b\" style=\"color:#501b4a\">School staff face <strong>time pressures<\/strong> when creating, formatting, and sharing the handbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6abce4f6137d5ef45f0de70bd704c5f2\" style=\"color:#501b4a\">Central staff in Education and the corporate graphics and web teams also experience <strong>time pressures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6bcb0090f9bd2ee491c2e3625f5655f0\" style=\"color:#501b4a\">There is a requirement to <strong>archive <\/strong>previous versions of the handbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/schoolhandbook\/uploads\/sites\/9010\/2025\/11\/24154615\/Untitled-6-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/schoolhandbook\/uploads\/sites\/9010\/2025\/11\/24154615\/Untitled-6-8.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/schoolhandbook\/uploads\/sites\/9010\/2025\/11\/24154615\/Untitled-6-8-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/schoolhandbook\/background\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/schoolhandbook\/uploads\/sites\/9010\/2025\/11\/21152526\/Untitled-2-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/schoolhandbook\/uploads\/sites\/9010\/2025\/11\/21152526\/Untitled-2-8.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/schoolhandbook\/uploads\/sites\/9010\/2025\/11\/21152526\/Untitled-2-8-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situation Each year, schools have a statutory requirement to produce a School Handbook. Accessibility on written communication needs to cater for a growing diverse population, including families for whom English is not their first language. It can be challenging to maintain accurate information in school handbooks across the academic year. School staff face time pressures when creating, formatting, and sharing the handbook. 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