Whitburn Church of England School

Pupil Behaviour Management Policy=

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This policy was formally adopted by the Governing Bod= y of Whitburn Church of England School on 27^th January 2009. It accords with the Education and Inspection Act 2006, Health and Safety at Work A= ct 1974, Disability Discrimination Act 2005, and Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

This policy should be read in conjunction with;

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This policy should be read in conjunction with;

Ø Disability Inclusion and Equality Policy

Ø Child Protection Policy

Ø Exclusion Policy

Ø Anti-bullying Policy

Ø Drugs Policy

Ø Equal Opportunities Policy

Ø Race Equality Policy

Ø Special Educational Needs Policy

Ø No Smoking Policy

Ø Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) Policy=

Ø Student Acceptable Use Policy

Ø Confiscation Policy

Ø Detentions Policy

Ø Home/School Agreement

Ø Code of Conduct

Ø Ethos Statement

Ø Whitburn Principles

The policy also takes into account the strategies dis= cussed in Elton Report: Enquiry into Disc= ipline in Schools, Learning Behaviour – Report of the Practitioners Group (= Steer Report 2005), and School Discipline and Behaviour Policies – Guidanc= e for Schools, DCSF

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Aims

· To create a caring, stimulating and secure environment in which pupils can work and play safely and in which staff can successfully execute their duties

· To ensure that good behaviour is always recognised

· To acknowledge that the maintaining of good behaviour within school is a shared responsibility

· To ensure that pupils are confident of their right to be treated fairly

· To develop a sense of politeness and consideration for others

· To promote/develop empathy and respect for = self and others

· To value the rights of the individual

· To develop an awareness of and adherence to acceptable and appropriate behaviour

Acceptable a= nd unacceptable behaviour

Pupils learn best in an ordered environment. This can be achieved when expecta= tions of work and behaviour are high and their consequences are made explicit and applied consistently. Accept= able behaviour is defined as that which promotes courtesy, co-operation and consideration from all pupils in terms of their relationships with the sch= ool community, including visitors, within and outside the school premises. Pupils will be deemed under the school’s authority when:

· actively engaged in studies during the norm= al school day

· travelling to and from school

· wearing school uniform at any other time e.= g. during lunch breaks off site or on supervised visits

· during other non-uniform activities organis= ed by the school staff

School staff will not explicitly have jurisdiction ov= er school pupils in other settings than these e.g. travelling on the same pub= lic transport. If, however, school pupils display challenging or offensive behaviour toward any staff member at any time the= n the school reserves the right to apply sanctions as appropriate. These decisio= ns will be made only after proper and documented investigation.

Examples of unacceptable behaviour: physical assault = against anyone, verbal abuse, bullying, racist abuse, sexual misconduct, drug and alcohol related, damage, theft, persistent disruptive behaviour, misuse of computers

Recognition = and Rewards

Pupils learn more successfully and have their self es= teem raised with praise, reward and celebration. Appropriate behaviour will be pra= ised and rewarded. The school will promote good behaviour by pupils through a system of recognition and reward.

Some examples of these are:

· Praise and positive verbal and written feed= back

· Tutor Review Day

· Merits given to pupils

· Commendations and awards

· Acknowledgement Weeks

· Awards Assemblies

· Letters and phone calls to parents/carers

· School reports

· Whitburn postcards

· Prefect status

· Friend status

Sanctions

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The Education and Inspection Act 2006 gives schools the legal backing to detain pupi= ls after the end of a school session on disciplinary grounds. Parents/carers will be given 48 ho= urs notice of after school detentions of 30 minutes or more. The pupil’s planner will be used to liaise with parents/carers. Detentions may be give= n for a variety of misdemeanours e.g. failure to complete homework, misbehaviour= in class or on the school site.

Grounding

These are held at lu= nchtime or after school and would normally issued for eg: being sent to Call Out, poor grad= es when on report, poor general behaviour, inappropriate uniform, make up, misbeha= viour around the school site.

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This can be for a le= sson, half a day, all day or several days. Where approriate this can be an alter= native to an exclusion. Exclusions are usually pre-empted by an isolation, as a p= art of an investigation, or followed by an isolation to aid the re-integration= of a pupil into timetabled lessons. Isolation can be used when pupils have a catalogue of misbehaviour or a serious incident has happened eg bullying, = a series of groundings or detentions have been given, inappropriate behaviour to an= other pupil.

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A decision to exclude will only be taken in response = to serious breaches of the school’s behaviour policy (see Exclusion Policy).

Loss of Prefect status

Pupils achieve Prefect status when they are considered to be exempl= ary in all aspects of school life. When there is a serious breach of this stan= dard then the tie, badge and position will be removed from the pupil. e.g. persistently behind with school work, uniform is not to the exemplary stan= dard, behaviour is inappropriate, failure to communicate the inappropriate behav= iour of others.

Computer Ban

This ba= n is put in place when a pupil contravenes the Acceptable Use Policy e.g. acces= sing inappropriate websites, using other pupil’s login password. (The Acceptable Use Po= licy is signed by the pupil annually)

Staged Response

PBM (Positive Behaviour Management)

Our normal staged res= ponse to inappropriate or disruptive behaviour is called PBM.

These Consequences of Misbehaviour are displayed in e= very classroom (see Appendix 1).

Call-out

Pupils who;

·        are involved in a critical incident e.g. swearing, physical abuse

·        continue to disrupt the learning of others = (as part of the staged response to PBM)

·        refuse to accept the authority of a member = of staff

·        endanger the health and safety of others

will be sent to Call-out and will receive a grounding= as well as any sanction imposed by the member of staff. Pupils sent to the Qu= iet Room can be re-integrated into the same lesson after a short period of tim= e.

Pupil Support

The support available to individual pupils who may be= at risk of disaffection or exclusion will be regularly reviewed, including;

·        Working with SENCO

·        Daily support from the form tutor and / or<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Head of Learning

·        Learner support e.g. use of LSAs and ISAs to support individual learning

·        Individual Learning Behaviour Plan

·        Pastoral Support Plan

·        Differentiated curriculum and curriculum resources

·        Teaching strategies

·        Study support

·        Involvement of outside agencies such as Educational Welfare Service, South Tyneside Early Preventative Partnership, Youth Offending Scheme

Monitoring Behaviour

Pupil behaviour is tracked regularly by using a variety of strategies to allow early intervention. Strategies used will be based on the personalised needs of the individual pupil.

Monitoring Report

This can be implemented by= a form tutor, Head of Learning or SMT member e.g. following an exclusion, or concerns relating to punctuality, behaviour, progress and / or homework.

Communication with Parents/Carers

Parents/carers will be contacted promptly by the scho= ol, normally within one working day, to notify them of any reported serious incidents of misbehaviour in which their child has been involved.

Parents will also be informed of pupil progress throu= gh the full report, interim report, monitoring report and pupil planner.

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Investigatin= g cases

The school will inves= tigate, as appropriate, reported incidents of pupil misbehaviour.

Appendix 1

PBM (Positive Behaviour Management)

The consequences of misbehaviour are:

Formal Warning

10 minute Detention

30 minute Detention

Call Out

Referral to Head of Learning/Inclusion Manager/Head of Subject/Sen= ior Staff