An increasing number of learners are choosing to ride an E-Bike to school. 

Cheshire Constabulary have provided guidance on legal E-Bikes

https://www.cheshire.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/rs/road-safety/advice-escooters/what-you-need-to-know-electric-bikes/

https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

Upton-by-Chester High School will allow legal E Bikes to be ridden as long as learners are using them sensibly and wearing a helmet.

Community Police will be carrying out spot checks until September to check that all E Bikes have no illegal modifications. 

If they find any that do, they have informed school that the bikes may be seized. 

You can ride an electric bike if you’re 14 or over, as long as it is an ‘electrically assisted pedal cycle’

When your bike is not a EAPC

If your electric bike does not meet the EAPC rules then it’s classed as a motorcycle or moped.

Your bike is not an EAPC if it:

·  can be propelled at more than 15.5 miles per hour (mph) by the motor

· has a continuous rated power output higher than 250 watts

· does not have pedals that can propel it

Local police officers have informed the school that if learners are found using illegally modified E-Bikes and/ or E-Scooters on public land (road or pavement) in the community, they will:

A) Seize the bike.

B) Report the learner for driving offences which will affect their ability to obtain a driving licence when they are 17.

ATTENDANCE... is monitored daily by our onsite attendance team and Pastoral Support Managers and we pride ourselves on being proactive and keeping our attendance at a high level to meet the targets set by the government. Parents /carers of young people who have low levels of attendance could be subjected to legal action being taken against them by the local authority. Early intervention by all staff and the attendance team helps to maintain good levels of attendance for all learners.

PUNCTUALITY…every learner is expected to arrive at school no later than 8.35 a.m. in readiness for registration at 8.40 a.m., each school day. If a learner arrives late for registration they will sanctioned with a break time referral, three or more will result in an afterschool centralised referral. If learners arrive after 9.15 a.m. they will be coded as unauthorised late, this equates to them missing their a.m. registration mark and only being able to obtain 50% attendance that day, along with reducing their overall attendance percentage.

APPOINTMENTS…we understand that all learners will be subject to doctors/dentist/ hospital appointments, however we do request that, where possible, these are made at the beginning or the end of the school day or outside of the school day. We do ask that your child, when possible, returns to school after any appointment and does not take the whole school day off.

To report an absence please contact school on:

(01244) 259800

To speak about any attendance related issues please contact your child’s Pastoral Support Manager or the Pastoral Support Manager for attendance (Mr S Will) on:

(01244) 259800

Click on the link below to see the latest information:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ab57VM41x7_yzr0Q19PUj0r4KoWn--X2iSfZR7Kl_yc/edit?usp=sharing

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