Behaviour

AIM

We aim to create a climate in which excellent teaching and learning can take place, where there is mutual respect and where achievement is valued, encouraged and rewarded. We believe that highquality teaching promotes effective learning and encourages good behaviour. We expect our pupils to take responsibility for their actions and accept any consequences of their choices.

PRINCIPLES

Everyone should: ✓ Treat all others fairly and with respect and act in a safe and responsible manner ✓ Listen to the views and opinions of others ✓ Take care of school’s property and each other’s property

Ofsted 2018:

• The behaviour of pupils is outstanding. Expectations of how pupils should behave are unwaveringly high • In this school, pupils learn the benefits of behaving well. This often contrasts with their previous experiences. Some pupils join this school having experienced school exclusion for violent outbursts that seemed uncontrollable. Within a remarkably short period of time, pupils learn, from highly skilled teachers, how to manage their frustrations. Very quickly, they begin to appreciate the rewards of learning well • Teachers fully understand what motivates each pupil and what reassures them. This feeling of security calms pupils. In school, pupils behave extremely well. In their previous schools, most Red Rose pupils have suffered discrimination and bullying. Through the careful work of the school to help pupils understand how and why people behave as they do, bullying is virtually non-existent in this school.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Head teacher

The Head Teacher’s role is to put into effect the Statement of Principles for promoting good behaviour and to determine the detail of the standard of behaviour acceptable to the school.

The Head teacher will: ✓ Promote self-discipline and proper regard for authority among pupils ✓ Encourage good behaviour and respect for others and strive to prevent all forms of bullying ✓ Ensure that this policy is implemented by staff and students ✓ Ensure that the guidance relating to fixed-term and permanent exclusion is adhered to and that parents and local authority are informed of exclusions accordingly.

Staff

Staff should: ✓ Act as role models of good behaviour ✓ Reward good behaviour and achievement ✓ Intervene promptly in any situation where behaviour is inappropriate or dangerous ✓ Apply behaviour management strategies and sanctions consistently and fairly ✓ Ensure that the work they prepare for students is appropriate, stimulating, interesting and challenging.

The school will set high standards and will encourage good habits of work and behaviour from the moment a child enters the school. All staff are expected to promote self-discipline amongst students and to deal appropriately with any unacceptable behaviour. Training in behaviour management will be provided as appropriate. It is understood that there will be variations to a degree in staff acceptance and tolerance of a student’s behaviour in class depending on the nature of the class, content of the lesson and the specific nature of a pupil’s difficulties; however, behaviour which does not allow constructive teaching and learning is unacceptable and all staff must ensure that such behaviour is not permitted to affect the learning of others.

Students

Students should: ✓ Behave well and live up to the expectations of the school ✓ Act in a safe and responsible manner ✓ Allow teaching and learning to proceed without disruption or interference ✓ Report dangerous situations immediately to a member of staff ✓ Co-operate with all members of the school

Parents

We invite parents to: ✓ Be involved in rewards and sanctions as appropriate. ✓ Support good behaviour and positive habits in their children through the Home-School Agreement and parent meetings.

REWARDS

We reward work effort and citizenship: Work effort is rewarded in classes throughout the school day. The reward system varies according to the age range within the class. At the end of each term a Work Effort Prize is awarded to a pupil from each class. Citizenship is rewarded for good behaviour and school community service. At the end of each term a Citizenship Prize is awarded to a pupil from each class.

Pupils are chosen from each class to take part in the school Council; a discussion group for the mutual benefit of staff and students in developing good practice in school.

SANCTIONS

We follow the use of 1-2-3 Magic, traffic light or similar systems to reinforce appropriate behaviour in the younger classes.

Minor infringements may include ‘red’ alert on the traffic light system, followed by a lunch or break-time detention. Sanctions are discussed with parents if difficulties persist, or a Behaviour Contract may be arranged.

Major infringements: The Behaviour Policy has details of behaviours that would involve sanctions applied on a scale rising to fixed-term exclusion (suspension).

The purpose of sanctions is to provide opportunity to discuss and impress on the student that their choice of behaviour was inappropriate; and understand that actions have a consequence. Students are always involved in discussion to repair and formulate better choices for the future.

Exclusions

There are rare circumstances in which individual pupils are required to be sent home; namely, where there is sufficient evidence that a pupil has committed a disciplinary offence and if allowing the pupil to remain in school would seriously harm the education or welfare of the pupil or others in the school. In these circumstances the pupil may be excluded from school for a fixed period or, in exceptional situations, may result in permanent exclusion.

Full details of our Policy & Procedures are on the School website: www.redroseschool.co.uk