Any communication for business purposes, other than phone calls, are to be conducted via our Teams platform. Therefore, if you wish to use your mobile phone for work purposes, you will need to install the Teams application.
Formal and external (or forwarded external) | |
Audience | Primarily external, to individuals or groups ie parents, contractors, venues, etc |
Expected Response | NA |
Expected Response Time | 48hrs |
Examples | “Dear Parents and Carers We are delighted to announce the names of the three new student houses…. … In Christ’s Service” |
Current Practice
Email with a quick request - SENDER
Email with reply to quick request - RECIPIENT
New Practice
Utilising the chat function in teams, the same request is sent - SENDER
The recipient gets a notification of an unread message in teams - RECIPIENT
Chat reply to the quick reequest in teams - RECIPIENT