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The Aim of the Rules at Queensmead
School is to create and sustain an environment where all
students :
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fulfil their
potential as individuals |
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respect
the values of the school |
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take responsibility
for their actions |
The five essentials of Good Behaviour
are that every student is required to :
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behave with courtesy
and respect |
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follow
teachers' instructions at the first time of asking |
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preserve a pleasant
School environment |
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be punctual and
properly prepared for lessons |
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wear the correct
uniform unless otherwise instructed |
By following these principles
it will help all students meet the requirements of the
Every Child Matters Agenda.
Charging
Policy
The following is a summary of
the Governing Body’s policy in respect to charging
for school activities. Education at Queensmead which takes
place wholly or mainly during school hours will be free
of charge except in the following cases :
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a charge may
be made for individual tuition in playing any musical
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instrument |
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the cost of board
and lodging may be charged where a school |
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activity involves
a student in nights away from home |
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where an activity
takes place wholly or mainly outside school hours |
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parents may be
charged the costs incurred |
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in certain circumstances,
charges may be wholly or partly remitted |
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on the grounds
of family hardship |
The Governing Body’s full
Charging Policy is available for consultation at the school.
It should be noted that parents continue to make contributions
on a voluntary basis for a number of school activities,
including aspects of the curriculum which could not otherwise
go ahead.
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Discipline
Our
aim is to promote self-discipline in an atmosphere of
mutual respect and tolerance.
We accord most importance to students'
good efforts and these are specifically recognized by
an Award System. In all year groups certificates are presented
to those students who achieve one hundred per cent attendance
in a term.
It is the school's policy to take
every opportunity to celebrate students' successes achieved
in whatever field. This will regularly take place in assemblies
but also in other contexts. Examination Certificates and Diplomas are presented
publicly by invited guests, often chosen to act as positive
role models for our students.
Where an individual student's
unacceptable behavior necessitates a disciplinary response,
our aims in dealing with that student are several. On
the one hand we seek to ensure that there is no disruption
to the education of the majority or that the safety of
the school community is put at risk. On the other hand
we take steps with the individual to prevent the recurrence
of unacceptable behaviour and, where necessary, to punish.
In the case of more serious forms
of misbehaviour we attach the greatest importance to a
thorough investigation of all of the circumstances. Our
belief is that the process of being found out is at least
as important in preventing a student from continuing to
behave badly as the punishment which will follow, although
that is important too. In such cases we will always involve
parents from an early stage. Our aim is to try to work
closely with parents, upon whose support the success of
our measures will largely depend.
Even in the case of the tiny minority
of our students who do find themselves at some point in
their career in serious trouble, the aim at Queensmead
is to offer such students opportunities, over time, to
rehabilitate themselves into the mainstream school community. It is made
clear to the student that the onus lies with him or her
to provide the school with clear evidence of an improved
disciplinary performance.
The sanctions which are employed
at Queensmead are the following :
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individual, or
occasionally, group written assignments |
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detentions
of up to twenty minutes' duration on the day or up
to fifty minutes |
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if twenty four hours' notice is given |
It is the responsibility of students
to inform parents of longer detentions. Detentions will
be recorded in the student's Work Planner and Diary and
need to be countersigned by the parent.
Utilising the Student "On Report" System
The student's progress is closely
checked and commented on lesson by lesson, usually for
a period of up to a fortnight.
Homework is included in this monitoring
of progress and usually parents are invited to countersign
each day's reports and play their part in ensuring that
homework is adequately done.
The system is administered by
the Head of Year who may occasionally feel the need to
remove a student from class for individual supervision
either in certain subjects or across the entire timetable.
Where poor attendance or lateness
for school is a problem the student may similarly be placed
on an attendance or punctuality report or given a longer
detention of fifty minutes. This is a serious
sanction which is used rarely and mainly in instances
where other sanctions have failed to bring about improvement.
Parents of students given a longer detention will be informed
via a letter.
In cases of extreme indiscipline,
the ultimate sanction is exclusion from school. Initially
this is likely to be for a period of a few days. A second
serious breach of discipline is likely to lead to the
student being excluded and, together with his/her parents,
being required to make an appearance before the Discipline
Committee of the Governing Body who will meet to review
the student's future at the school. This ultimate sanction
is used only when all other disciplinary measures are
deemed to have failed.
Bullying
Queensmead School has a clear
policy for dealing with any instances of bullying which
are identified although these are rare. The objectives
of the policy are :
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to enable all
members of the school community to understand what |
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constitutes
bullying |
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to sustain the
awareness of the school community to the Discipline |
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Policy of which
bullying is an important element |
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to increase the
sensitivity of the school community to incidents |
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of bullying |
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to enable students
to understand that bullying, of any kind, will not |
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be tolerated
by any other member of the school community |
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to enable every
member of the school community to feel confident |
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that bullying
will be firmly dealt with in school |
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to sustain a
non-violent ethos in the school |
Parents who wish to read the full
policy on this issue may do so upon application to the
school.
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