Behaviour

We use a system of rewards and sanctions to encourage good behaviour, respect, and responsibility, while also addressing instances where expectations are not met. This system is designed to be fair, consistent, and supportive of student growth.

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‍Rewards: Celebrating Success

‍We believe in recognising and celebrating the achievements and positive contributions of our students. Our reward system, based on House Points, is designed to acknowledge effort, progress, and exemplary behaviour. Students can earn House Points for a variety of reasons, including:

Academic Excellence: Exceptional work in class, consistent effort, and showing significant improvement.
Positive Behaviour: Demonstrating respect, kindness, and responsibility; following school rules; and being a positive role model for others.
Contribution to School Community: Active participation in extracurricular activities, house challenges, volunteering, helping others, and representing the school positively.
Effort and Perseverance: Showing resilience, overcoming challenges, and demonstrating a commitment to learning.

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‍Earning House Points

‍Students can earn House Points from teachers and other staff members. These points are recorded and tracked, contributing to both individual and House totals. Parents and carers get an automatic email home to let them know that their child has been awarded a House Point. We encourage you to celebrate your child’s success at home. We have a running total of House Points so students can track how their House is doing. This can be found here.

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‍Redeeming House Points

‍Accumulated House Points can be redeemed for a wide range of exciting rewards, designed to motivate and inspire our students. These rewards include:

Experiences: Trips to exciting destinations like Thorpe Park, Ninja Warrior, and other venues. We run two trips per year where the top 50 students from all houses are invited.
Hot Chocolate Friday
Ice Pop Friday
Vouchers: Top scoring students from all Houses also receive vouchers at various points in the year.

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‍Sanctions: Addressing Concerns

‍Unfortunately, sometimes students may make choices that do not meet with our school's values and expectations. In these instances, we use a system of sanctions, often referred to as "R's," to address the behaviour and help students learn from their mistakes.

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‍Understanding "R's"

‍An "R" is recorded when a student's behaviour falls short of the standards outlined in our Behaviour Policy. This could include, but is not limited to:

Disruptive Behaviour: Interfering with the learning of others or creating a disturbance in the classroom or other school areas.
Disrespectful Behaviour: Showing disrespect to teachers, staff, or other students through words or actions.
Non-compliance: Refusing to follow instructions or school rules.
Unacceptable Language: Using inappropriate or offensive language.
Bullying: Engaging in any form of bullying, harassment, or intimidation.
When your child is issued with a sanction, you will receive an automatic email home with details of this. We encourage parents and carers to contact the staff member who has issued this if they would like more information or to discuss this further.

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‍Find our behaviour policy here.

Behaviour expectations

Students will:

Arrive to lesson on time, in full uniform and fully equipped to learn
Remain ready and focused on their learning throughout the duration of the lesson
Be respectful of everyone within our school community and of our environment
Take opportunities to learn independently and collaboratively as guided by their teacher
Be prepared to try new challenges and resilient when they find something difficult and fail occasionally
Share their ideas and remain receptive to the ideas of others
Recognise that everyone has a right to learn and succeed
Behave in a respectful manner towards staff and peers
Demonstrate resilience when overcoming obstacles and learn from their mistakes
Complete all work tasks to a standard that reveals their pride and commitment to learning
Refrain from eating chewing gum anywhere on site
Refrain from eating in class/corridors or drinking anything other than water in classrooms
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Teachers will:

Welcome and greet students at the beginning of every lesson at their door
Facilitate a safe, calm and purposeful learning environment
Establish clear classroom routines and behaviour expectations and revisit them regularly
Create a focused start to learning with a knowledge retrieval starter activity followed by a visual aid to the learning journey and purpose of the lesson
Take time to build positive relationships within the Academy
Celebrate and value success both within and beyond the classroom
Seek to de-escalate any incidents of poor behaviour by adopting a calm and reasoned, restorative coaching approach
Use agreed Academy procedures to challenge disruptive behaviour or poor attitudes to learning
Demonstrate resilience when overcoming obstacles and learn from their mistakes
Complete all work tasks to a standard that reveals their pride and commitment to learning
Instil a sense of pride in positive achievement
Acknowledge good effort, improved performance and positive behaviour, aiming for a ratio of 4-1 between positive and negative feedback
Treat each student equitably

Bullying

We do not tolerate bullying or any form of prejudice and will always aim to deal with any such incidents swiftly. We have clear procedures for dealing with incidents, and we educate students about their behaviour. We support events such as Anti-Bullying week.

If bullying is taking place, students are encouraged to:

Tell a member of staff
Avoid conflict
Surround themselves with supportive friends
Report bullying
Be supportive of one another
Block any unwanted messages or friends who leave inappropriate comments on social media