Personal Property

The use of mobile phones by pupils during the school day is not permitted. Where a pupil brings a mobile phone to school, the phone must be:

Turned off before entering the school site. Stored in the student’s locker (preferred option) or in their school bag. Students are not permitted to carry a mobile phone on their person (hand or pockets) at any point during the school day.

Switched off and stored until the end of the school day at 4 o’clock. After this time, students will be permitted to use their phones on site. Mobile phones must remain out of sight at all times during the school day.

If these guidelines are broken, the phone may be confiscated. You can collect it at the end of the day from School Life.

Exceptions to the opposite include the following: The use of mobile phones/devices in lessons may be granted with the agreement of the teacher and solely for the purpose of supporting learning.

KS5 will be allowed to use their phones in the common room and workroom. The above rules will apply to KS5 students in all other areas of the school, including using their mobile phone to listen to music.

School ipads and BOYD devices are permitted in lessons. Students in KS4 & 5 are permitted to use their laptops during break and lunch-time. Students from Yr 7 to 9 are not permitted to use ipads (or any equivalent electronic device) during break-times.

Year 12 & 13 are permitted to use mobile phones on site during break, lunch time and study periods, always in line with the Online Safety Policy.

Guidelines

To minimise the possibility of property being lost: Students and parents are encouraged to make sure that all uniforms and personal clothing- where possible- are suitably labelled, so that security personnel or school staff can attempt to return the article of clothing to its owner. All lost or missing property collected will be kept in the tent for lost property adjacent to the west gate guard post.

We ask that all of your personal property and any school property that has been issued to you is kept safely on your person, or locked in your lockers. The security team may be asked to take care of valuable items, in which case the item will be signed for and a record kept.

The School strongly discourages students from bringing large amounts of money or personal valuables to school.