Procedures and Sanctions
Unacceptable behaviour in the classroom will be dealt with by the classroom teachers at the time of the incident and clear procedures will be used. These will be in the form of a red and yellow card, depending on the level of warning or consequence.
To ensure that the system is clear and transparent, we have detailed the sanctions below:
1 x Red Card
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Same day 30 minute correction (led by the Class Teacher/Curriculum Team)
Communication Home (Class Charts Notification)
Recorded on SIMS/Class Charts system
Reflective Essay to be completed
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More than one Red Card in one day (which would have resulted in a same day correction)
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Complete first correction and additional one hour Pastoral Detention (on Friday 2:30-3:30)
Communication Home (text message)
Recorded on SIMS/Class Charts System
Phone call from Family Leader to home
Reflective Essay to be completed
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2 or more red cards
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See above PLUS 1 hour Community Repayment (CR)
Parent called for a meeting with Family Leader
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Late to School
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Red Card and One Hour Correction
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Persistent Poor Behaviour over a Period of Time
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Referral to REFLECT
Parents Called to meet member of ALT
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[PJ1]Non-attendance will result in the sanction being re-issued with an addition 15 minutes removed from lunch time break.
The Academy runs same day corrections from the end of the Academy day. Detentions are given for persistent low level disruption, defiance or unacceptable behaviour. In line with most recent DFE guidance on corrections/detentions in which the following is outlined:
- Parental consent is not required for giving detentions/corrections
- It is not a requirement that parents are given 24 hours’ notice when a detention/correction is due to take place outside of Academy hours
- We reserve the right to keep students without notice. If a student has a correction, a text message or notification will be sent home informing parents/carers of the decision for their child to be placed in correction
Community Repayment will take up to 1hr 30 and will require students to undertake some work to ‘give back’ and recompense for their unacceptable behaviour. Activities may include: picking up litter in the playground or supporting with the improvement of the Academy surroundings such as cleaning whiteboards or tables.
Referral to REFLECT will only be made by a member of ALT. In this provision, students will have the opportunity to complete work set by their teachers and reflect on their behaviour in class with a focus on how to improve it so that they are not in the REFLECT provision again. Students will take breaks and lunch at different times from the rest of the Academy. Following any time in REFLECT, students will be placed on report to their Family Leader to help them, their parents, and the Academy to monitor their behaviour, lesson-by-lesson. In the first instance, this will be for one week and students will be expected to have this signed each day by their Form Tutor. If this report does not demonstrate an improvement in behaviour, further communication with home will be made and the report will be escalated to ALT report.