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Behaviour Policy Education in Partnership: Montsaye Academy regards education as a lifelong process and aims to provide high quality teaching and effective learning for all its students. High standards of behaviour and achievement, in its widest sense, are encouraged. We aim to help students to achieve their full potential, to develop the skills necessary for their varied futures, and to become good citizens able to take an active role in a democratic society. We wish to create a positive and caring environment in which there exists a mutual respect between all parties. It is our aim that children are happy and successful at school. A safe, caring, learning environment is based on the following principles: At Montsaye Academy, adults have responsibility and a duty of care and therefore must ultimately be in charge. There is a good working atmosphere that is purposeful and controlled. Everyone should feel safe. All relationships should be professional and consistent and based on mutual respect. Roles and Responsibilities The Governing Body will establish through consultation the policy for the promotion of good behaviour and keep it under review. It will communicate the policy to parents, carers and students, ensure it is non-discriminatory and the expectations are clear. The Governors will support the academy in maintaining high standards of behaviour. The Principal will be responsible for the implementation and day-to-day management of the policy and procedures. Support for staff faced with challenging behaviour is also an important responsibility of the Principal and senior staff. All staff will be responsible for ensuring the policy and procedures are followed, and discipline is consistently and fairly applied. The academy emphasises the role of the Form Tutor in the care and support of the student and, with the Pastoral Mentors and Progress Leaders, in liaising with parents and carers. Students will be expected to take responsibility for their own behaviour and will be made fully aware of the academy policy, procedures and expectations. They have a responsibility to ensure that incidents of disruption, bullying, violence and any form of harassment are reported. Students are encouraged to participate fully in academy life and opportunities, and to contribute their views through their representatives. Parents and carers are expected
to take responsibility for the behaviour of their child both inside and outside the academy. The academy provides an opportunity for students and their parents to talk about behaviour issues and to develop suitable strategies to minimise and avoid conflict. Parents/carers will be encouraged to work in partnership with the academy in maintaining high standards of behaviour and will have the opportunity to raise with the academy any issues arising from the operation of the policy. The academy will communicate the behaviour expectations to parents and carers. The Governors will ensure that the policy and procedures are applied without discrimination and that the concerns of the students are heard and appropriately addressed. The academy believes that rewards encourage success, further commitment and a sense of purpose and achievement. Staff and students should take every opportunity to celebrate individual and group success. The policy acknowledges the academy’s legal duties under the Equality Act 2010, in respect of safeguarding and in respect of pupils with special education needs (SEN). Staff The relationship between staff and students is very important to the maintenance of good order. Staff should act in a consistent and fair manner to students and use the rules and systems of the academy to reinforce good behaviour. The academy has a high expectation of staff. Staff should make their expectations clear and ensure students are aware of the academy guidelines within their classroom and subject area. Staff are expected to contact parents where appropriate and to take responsibility for the behaviour of students during their lesson, The academy operates a restraint policy; only staff who have been trained may restrain. Where staff are struggling with a particular group, they should seek help and advice from their line manager. The academy standards of behaviour are communicated to staff through the staff handbook and the staff-training programme. Strategies for Good Behaviour and Discipline Meeting Needs and Early Intervention The academy aims to ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of students (within the resources available to the academy). The academy will support students and encourage them to take responsibility for their own actions, to know and work towards their potential and recognise the consequences of inappropriate behaviour. The academy monitors behaviour weekly and has a range of interventions for use with students and groups who are struggling to meet expectations. Where appropriate they work with external agencies to support students.
Uniform is: Grey or black suit dependent on age. No coats should be worn during lessons, in the library or canteen areas. Students may remove their blazers without permission once they enter the classroom, however these are expected to be either hung on the back of their chair or on a hook in the classroom. They are expected to wear their blazer at all other times as they move around the academy. Grey or black trousers (not jeans, etc.) dependent on age, wholly black shoes/trainers One ear stud per ear and no rings No other piercing. Students who have piercings and will not remove the stud will spend their day under supervision. Movement/Corridors Students should walk around the academy on the left, in an orderly manner with extra care on staircases. Students are expected to open doors for others, especially visitors. Care for the Environment Students should not drop litter and should expect to be asked to pick it up. Students should treat the academy facilities and equipment with care. Students should report damage. If students choose to bring phones into school, they are responsible for its safekeeping. The academy will not investigate lost equipment of this nature. Students should not use a phone or other electronic equipment between the hours of 08:40 and 15:00 unless given permission by a teacher. There are no exceptions and students should expect to have them confiscated for the day if they are using them without permission. Persistent misuse of phones or refusal to hand them over when asked will means the equipment is confiscated until a parent or carer reclaims it. A recording system is in place in student reception to log receipt of device. Students should not keep any valuables in classrooms. Rewards The academy supports high standards of teaching in the classroom and behaviour around the academy. This is achieved through positive encouragement and reward. Rewards in the form of House Points, motivate students to aim for high standards in their academic or personal development. House Points are given for attendance, class and homework, contributing to the academy as a community and helping others. All academy staff can issue House Points. Sanctions The academy acknowledges that, whilst all students should take responsibility for their own actions, poor behaviour may occur. Students should be clear that poor behaviour will not be tolerated. This will include incidents that occur out of the academy which involve students in uniform (or in some other way identifiable as a pupil at the academy), on their way to and
from the academy, on academy events or involving academy staff. The academy will ensure that the relevant staff receive appropriate training and time to investigate, record evidence and gather witness statements. The academy will normally complete investigations within a reasonable timescale. Investigations need to include the student(s) involved in the problem. The results of any investigations will be retained on file where appropriate. The academy will notify the police where it is appropriate to do so, e.g. for weapons, drugs and cyber bullying. Incidents of discrimination (racism, homophobia) will be recorded and reported appropriately. Staff should make it clear to the students that they have behaved inappropriately so that other children are aware the matter is unacceptable and will be dealt with. The behaviour of students in the community becomes an issue for the academy if it:
- could have repercussions for the orderly running of the academy;
- poses a threat to another pupil or member of the public;
- could adversely affect the reputation of the academy. The purpose of sanctions is constructive and positive in order to:
- show a student their behaviour is unacceptable;
- deter the student from repeating the behaviour;
- deter other students from copying that behaviour. Staff should apply any sanctions fairly and in line with the guidance in this policy and in the sequence outlined in the discipline structure. They should ensure they deal with the behaviour, not condemn the person, intervene at the lowest possible point to prevent an escalation, avoid whole group sanctions, avoid recrimination, be consistent and ensure the student realises there is always choice. The purpose is to remind the student they are responsible for their actions. Individual students should not be punished for infringements that other students (in a different year group or house) routinely get away with. All sanctions need to be enforced fairly. Discipline in the Classroom This is the responsibility of the individual member of staff. If a student behaves badly they may be: reminded of the expectations by verbal and non-verbal means (body language and gesture) asked to leave the classroom for a short period (students remain the responsibility of the class teacher) given a detention in academy time (break or lunchtime) given an after school detention sent to another classroom also known as a referral room, for the remainder of the lesson
Internal Exclusions Initially exclusion will normally be internal. Students will be taken off timetable for all or part of the day or longer if deemed appropriate. Students may be taken off timetable for a day (or longer in exceptional circumstances) by senior staff. External Exclusions More serious or continuing breaches of the behaviour policy may result in external exclusions. Parents will be asked to meet with senior staff and students to discuss the problems and to work together to help the student. It may be that external agencies are brought in to give advice or help. Parents are responsible for their children for the first 5 days of the exclusion. Students have to be supervised and there are fixed penalty notices if students are seen out in the community. On their return to the academy students will be placed on report to their Form Tutor, Pastoral Mentor or Progress Leader. Exclusions will normally only occur when all other sanctions and management systems have been used and proved ineffective. An exclusion can occur as the result of a single severe act or an accumulation of acts over a period of time. Where all discipline strategies have been deemed to be unsuccessful, or for specific issues where the student may be a danger to themselves or others (e.g. assault on a member of staff, possession of drugs, possession of an offensive weapon), a Permanent Exclusion may be considered. We have a 'zero tolerance' approach to the possession of an offensive weapon. Any student who is known to have a weapon with them in school will be permanently excluded, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Any incident involving an offensive weapon with a blade over 3 inches long will be reported to the police. We have a 'zero tolerance' approach to the unauthorised use or possession of illegal, legal controlled drugs or synthetic drugs by students. A permanent exclusion will be the result of any student who, following investigation, is known to have used, been in possession of or distributed or sold drugs to other students whilst on the school site or during an academy activity. Any drugs related incidents will be reported to the police. Searching Students The academy will use the recommendations set out in the Department of Education 'Searching, Screening and Confiscation' as guidance. The academy may choose to search a student if they suspect that a student may be in possession of any items that are set out as banned within this policy. Only members of the senior leadership team should search students.
The academy is not required to inform parents or carers before a search takes place or to seek their consent to search their child. The academy may choose to search a student if they suspect that they are in possession of an item that does not belong to them. If there is a need to search a student, the search will be conducted with a member of the senior leadership team present and at least one other member of the academy staff. There will always be at least two members of staff present conducting the search, at least one of which will be of the same gender to that of the student being searched. The search will be conducted within a room, rather than a public or communal area within the academy and every attempt will be made for the process to be carried out in a discreet and sensitive manner. A member of SLT can carry out a search of a student of the opposite sex and without a witness present, but only where they reasonably believe that there is a risk that serious harm will be caused to a person if the search is not conducted immediately and where it is not reasonably practicable to summon another member of staff. Where academy staff believe that the search is justified and proportionate, a student does not have the right to refuse. If a student refuses to be searched, and academy staff have reasonable grounds to believe that they have an item that is harmful or dangerous, they may search the student without their consent. If a student continues to refuse to give their consent the student will be placed in an isolated room, supervised by two members of staff and both their parents/carers and the police will be contacted. Where a search has taken place, whether a prohibited item has been found or not, parents/carers will be notified of the search and the outcome and details of the search recorded. Confiscation of Banned Items The academy staff can seize any prohibited item found as a result of a search. They can also seize any item, however found, which they consider harmful or detrimental to school discipline or that is not in line with academy policies. The following items should not be brought into the academy. If they are and found in the possession of a student, or suspected to have been brought into school by a student then one of the sanctions previously listed in this document will be applied. This list is not exhaustive:
block a child’s progress or by barring the door, including standing in the doorway. Where reasonable force or restraint has been used, a record of this will be made or kept. As students grow up in an increasingly complex world it is important for them to understand e-safety and the importance of responsible and safe use of IT in keeping them safe from exploitation, bullying and radicalisation. All students at Montsaye Academy are entitled to be treated equally, regardless of age, disability, gender (or its reassignment), race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
