Terms and Conditions

Terms & Conditions

By Using our Subscriber’s Website You Accept These Terms and Conditions

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully and ensure that you understand them before using our website. 

These Terms and Conditions, together with any other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use governing your use of this website, www.astoncetrust.org

These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 24th March 2022

Your agreement to comply with these Terms and Conditions is indicated by your use of the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you must stop using our site immediately.

The following documents also apply to your use of Our Site:

• Our Privacy & Cookie Policy.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

1.1 In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

"Content" means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases, and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website and teacher handbook. Our Site; and "we/us/our" Aston Community Education Trust (ACET).

2.  Information About Us

2.1 Our Site is operated by Aston Community Education Trust (ACET) which is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (Company number: 07577113)

Registered Office Address: ACET House, 66 Holderness Drive, Aston, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 2BHTel:  0114 287 2171Email: contactus@astoncetrust.org

Copyright © 2020 ACET.  All rights reserved.  

3. How to Contact Us

To contact ACET, please email us at acetphonics@astoncetrust.org

4. Access to Our Site

4.1 To access our phonics planning, staff training, resources and decodable book list you must sign up for a paid website subscriber account. 

4.2 It is your responsibility to make the arrangements necessary in order to access Our Site.

5. Changes to Our Site

We may alter and update the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website (or any part of it) at any time.

6. Changes to these Terms and Conditions

6.1 We may alter these Terms and Conditions at any time. If we do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page. As explained above, your use of the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. You are therefore advised to check this page every time you use the site.

6.2 If any part of the current version of these Terms and Conditions conflicts with any previous version(s), the current version shall prevail unless we explicitly state otherwise.

7. How You May Use Our Site and Content (Intellectual Property Rights)

7.1 All Content included on Our Site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights in that Content belongs to or has been licensed by us, unless specifically labelled otherwise. All Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.

7. You may access, view, and use our Site in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app) and you may download Our Site (or any part of it) for caching (this usually occurs automatically).

7.3 Our status as the owner and author of the content on our site (or that of identified licensors, as applicable) must always be acknowledged.

7.4 You may not use any content from the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website our site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from us (or our licensors, as applicable). This does not prevent the normal access, viewing, and use of our site for general information purposes by business users or consumers.

7.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes the provisions of Chapter III of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, ‘Acts Permitted in Relation to Copyright Works’, which provides exceptions allowing certain uses of copyright material including (but not limited to) non-commercial research and private study; text and data mining for non-commercial research; criticism, review, and reporting current events; teaching; accessibility; time-shifting; and parody, caricature, and pastiche. Further information is available from the UK Intellectual Property Office.

8. Links to Our Site

8.1 Links to the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website must be fair and lawful. You must not take unfair advantage of our reputation or attempt to damage it.

8.2 You must not link the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website in a manner that suggests any association with us (where there is none) or any endorsement or approval from us (where there is none).

8.3 Your link should not use any logos or trademarks displayed on the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website without our express written permission.

9. Links to Other Sites

9.1 Links to other websites may be included on the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website or teacher handbook. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under our control and we accept no responsibility or liability for the content of third-party websites.

9.2 The inclusion of a link to another website on our site is for information purposes only and does not imply any endorsement of that website or of its owners, operators, or any other parties involved with it.

10. Disclaimers

10.1Nothing on the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website constitutes professional advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information purposes only.

10.2We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website is complete, accurate, and up to date.

11. Our Liability

The ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website is intended for non-commercial use only. If you are a consumer, you agree that you will not use it for any commercial or business purposes.

12. Viruses, Malware and Security

12.1 We exercise reasonable skill and care to ensure that the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website is secure and free from viruses and malware; however, we do not guarantee that this is the case.

12.2 You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data, and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.

12.3 You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via our site.

12.4 You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website, the server on which our ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme’s website site is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to our website.

12.5 You must not attack Our Site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.

13. Acceptable Usage of the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website

13.1 You may only use the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website in a lawful manner:

a)  You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all local, national, or international laws and regulations that apply;

b)  You must not use the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent; and

c)  You must not use the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware or any other code designed to adversely affect computer hardware, software, or data of any kind.

d)  You must not share your subscription information with anyone. Subscriptions are for individual subscribers only. 

13.2 If you fail to comply with the provisions of Part 13, you will be in breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may take one or more of the following actions in response:

a)  Suspend or terminate your right to use the ACET Phonics and Early Reading Programme subscriber’s website;

b)  Issue you with a written warning;

c)  Take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of any and all relevant costs on an indemnity basis resulting from your breach;

e)  Take any other actions which we deem reasonably appropriate (and lawful).

14. How We Use Your Personal Information

We will only use your personal information to share ACET SSP information or updates with you.

15. Communications from Use

15.1 If we have your contact details, we may send you important notices by email from time to time. Such notices may relate to matters including, but not limited to, SSP subscription updates or changes to our Terms and Conditions.

16. Law and Jurisdiction

16.1 These Terms and Conditions, and the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.

16.2 If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in Part 16.1 takes away from or reduces your legal rights as a consumer.

16.3  If you are a consumer, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and us relating to these Terms and Conditions or to the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, as determined by your residency.

16.4  If you are a business user, any dispute, controversy, proceedings, or claim between you and us relating to these Terms and Conditions or to the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.