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Rewards and Sanctions
For making the right choice and respecting themselves, others and the environment, students will be rewarded.
Rewards include:
- Positive comments by teachers.
- Credit Points (awarded to students via an online system)
- Certificates of Achievement
- Departmental certificates
- Telephoning parents or guardians.
- Writing to Parents via E mail, letter or text.
- Post cards
- Special awards assemblies in college
- The Award Ceremony held annually
Sanctions
Students who choose not to respect themselves, others or the environment will face simple consequences C1 - C4.
These may include:
- A verbal warning (C1)
- Being moved to another place for a short period of time (C2)
- Being spoken to by a teacher
- A detention at break time or lunch time
- An evening detention (C3)
- Removal from the class to write a statement (C4)
- Contact with parents
If a student chooses not to co-operate or is involved with a very serious incident (e.g. verbal abuse or aggression towards staff or students) possible sanctions include:
- Referral to a Head of Year who may place the student on a monitoring report for a minimum of one week.
- Being excluded for a fixed term by the Head (Deputy Head or one of the Assistant Heads).
- A period of isolation from classes.
- Permanent exclusion (subject to appeal) for offences relating to illegal substances and alcohol, carrying a weapon or maliciously setting off the fire alarm.
- A formal parental interview to construct an individual behaviour plan; pastoral support plan or referral to the Educational Psychology Behaviour Support team.
- Parents will be contacted within 24 hours of an incident by telephone, letter or email to inform them of the incident and any sanctions.
Detentions and Exclusions
Under the Education and Inspections Act of 2006, college staff has the statutory power to put students in detention for after college sessions.
Detentions are lawful if:
Students and parents have been informed that the college uses detentions as a sanction the college gives parents 24 hours notice of detentions outside College sessions.
A college detention is issued for students who do not respond to the simple consequences above and continue to make poor choices.
The college detention will normally take place on Tuesday or Thursday between 15.20 and 16.20. As the law states, we will give parents at least 24 hours notice of this and attendance will be compulsory. If students do not attend, then a more serious sanction, such as a fixed term exclusion will be issued.
The Head Teacher will issue fixed term exclusions to students for a range of poor behaviours including fighting, rudeness to staff and other students, refusal to cooperate, smoking and bringing the college into disrepute. Under the Education and Inspections Act 2006, parents are responsible for ensuring their children are supervised during the first five days of fixed term exclusion. If students on exclusion are seen by college staff or Police unsupervised, then parents or guardians will be liable to a penalty fine. For fixed term exclusions that last for more than 5 days, the college is responsible for providing full time education from day six onwards.
Following any fixed term exclusion, parents or guardians will be expected to attend a reintegration interview with a member of staff at the college to discuss the reason for the exclusion and seek reassurances from the student about their future conduct.
Behaviour when travelling to and from College
Poor behaviour on the way to and from college and any behaviour that brings the school into disrepute will be dealt with firmly by the Head Teacher. Full uniform should be worn on the way to and from College. Poor behaviour on school buses or public transport may result in removal of the right to travel.
Charging
1. Introduction
1.1 SHTC aims to ensure that all students benefit from a wide range of educational experiences beyond the classroom. The College policy on charging for such experiences aims to ensure that no child is excluded from an activity because of the inability to pay on the part of the parent/carer.
1.2 Those activities for which a charge may be made are governed by the Education Act 1996: Section 457 and the Education Act 2002: Section 200.
1.3 This covers educational visits such as field trips, visits to a museum or residential trips. It also covers music instrumental tuition and other optional extras.
1.4 The Governing Body delegates to the Head Teacher decisions within the remit of this policy.
2. Policy
2.1 All education provided at the College during school hours or for a prescribed public examination shall be free except in the following circumstances:
Lessons in school hours
2.2 Individual music tuition which does not form part of the syllabus of a prescribed Public Examination course or which is not part of the National Curriculum provision.
Residential trips
2.3 Where these fall wholly or mainly in school hours, for example residential field trips which are components of many A Level courses such as Geography and Biology, the College will meet the entire cost of tuition and travel but will charge for board and lodging. Families in receipt of certain support payments are exempt from these charges. The relevant payments are:
- Income Support;
- Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance;
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
- Child Tax Credit, where the parent is not entitled to Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by The Inland Revenue) does not exceed £13,230.
2.4 Where these fall wholly or mainly outside school hours, for example recreational activities such as skiing, parents will have to bear the full cost if funding cannot be identified from any other source.
Examinations
2.5 Where a student fails to complete the examination requirements of any public examination without good reason and for which the College has paid a fee, that fee may be recovered from the parent.
Out-of-hours activities
2.6 The Governing Body reserves the right to charge for all education taking place outside school hours except where:
- it is an essential part of a prescribed public examination;
- it fulfils the statutory duties relating to the National Curriculum;
- it fulfils statutory duties relating to religious education;
- it is funded by grant, awards or trust funds secured by the Academy.
2.7 Any charges made will cover optional extras such as:
- students’ travel costs;
- materials, books, instruments and other equipment;
- staff costs where staff are specifically engaged for the purpose of providing the chargeable activity;
- extra-curricular clubs organised in partnership with outside agencies.
2.8 Charges will not exceed costs.
2.9 If parents are unable to make payment, the school will seek to ensure that no child is disadvantaged. Parents in this position should contact their child’s form tutor who will provide discreet help.
2.10 The Governing Body reserves the right to decide not to put on an activity which generates insufficient funds to cover costs.
Materials for projects and lessons
2.11 The Governing Body reserves the right to charge for materials required for lessons such as Food Technology and Design Technology where parents have indicated that they or their children wish to own the finished product.
Damage to College property
2.12 The Governing Body reserves the right to charge parents if the actions of their children cause damage to College property or if they lose textbooks or equipment.
Review Date: June 2009
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