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Tottington High School

Behaviour Management

2016-17

School Mission Statement

“We pledge, through respectful relationships, to ensure all members of our community are supported in taking

responsibility for their own learning, to become ‘well-rounded’ and caring individuals, with skills, attributes,

qualifications and experiences to prepare them for their and our futures.”

“Excellence through Partnership”

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RATIONAL This policy is set within the mission statement of the school and is supported by the school’s policies on attendance, anti-bullying and equal opportunities. It also supports the school’s other policies on Teaching and Learning. At Tottington High School we expect the highest standards of behaviour. Behaviour management is the responsibility of all members of staff. We believe that positive behaviour is better taught not caught. We take a pro-active approach to promoting positive behaviour. This means we set out to teach such skills as mutual respect, co-operation, organisational skills, listening skills, discussion skills, working independently, working with others, problem-solving and resolving conflict. Tottington High School’s culture is based on the right to teach and the right to learn. We promote self-discipline; encourage positive behaviour, respect for others, regular attendance, punctuality, and the completion of school work. We believe that in order to enable effective teaching and learning to take place, positive behaviour in all aspects of school life is necessary. We seek to create a caring, learning environment in the school by promoting positive behaviour and discipline.

KEY PERSONEL

The Governing Body will establish, in consultation with the head teacher, staff and parents, the policy for the promotion of positive behaviour and keep it under review. It will ensure that its key aspects are communicated to students and parents, is non-discriminatory and the expectations are clear. Governors will support the school in maintaining high standards of behaviour.

The Head teacher, through the Senior Leadership Team, will be responsible for the implementation and day-to-day management of the policies and procedures, including support for staff faced with challenging behaviour. One member of the SLT, e.g. DHT, will take responsibility for its monitoring and development.

Teachers, support staff and volunteers will be responsible for ensuring that the policy and procedures are followed, and both consistently and fairly applied. Staff share the responsibility for creating a high quality learning environment, teaching positive behaviour and implementing the agreed policy and procedures consistently.

Parents and carers are expected to take responsibility for the behaviour of their child(ren). They will be encouraged to work in partnership to assist the school in maintaining high standards of behaviour and will have the opportunity to raise with the school any issues arising from the operation of the policy.

Students will be expected to take responsibility for their own behaviour and will be made aware of the school policy, procedures and expectations. Students also have a responsibility to ensure that incidents of disruption, violence, bullying and any form of harassment are reported.

SLT will ensure that appropriate continual training on aspects of behaviour management is provided to support the implementation of the policy wherever and whenever needed.

The DHT Pastoral will ensure we work positively with outside agencies and seeks support from them to ensure that the needs of all students are met by utilising the range of external support available.

The Senior Leadership Team, in consultation with staff, will monitor and review the behaviour management policy and procedures and evaluate them to ensure that the operation is effective and consistent. The Headteacher will keep the Governing Body informed.

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Tottington High School’s culture is based on the right to teach and the right to learn. We promote self-

discipline; encourage positive behaviour, respect for others, regular attendance, punctuality, and the

completion of schoolwork. We believe that in order to enable effective teaching and learning to take place,

positive behaviour in all aspects of school life is necessary.

Our Behaviour Monitoring System within the school provides a transparent and simple method in tracking

behaviour; which allows not only appropriate interventions strategies to be implemented to correct negative

behaviours, but also recognises positive behaviour and rewards those who adhere to the schools standards. It

is based on a ‘traffic light’ colour method of coding various types of behaviour. Students gather points on each

which lead to various sanctions and rewards.

BEHAVIOUR SYSTEM – HOW IT WORKS

RED

YELLOW

GREEN

↓ ↓ ↓

Negative Behaviours

Poor Organisation

Positive Rewards

↓ ↓ ↓

E.g.,

Disrespect to others Disrupting T&L

Verbal/physical abuse Poor Appearance

Use of mobile

E.g.,

Lack of equipment Late to School Late to lessons

Poor/No homework

E.g.,

Positive Behaviour Excellent Work

Citizenship Contribution to School

↓ ↓ ↓

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At Tottington High School we are always looking to reward our students for their consistent excellent behaviour, attendance and professional appearance. We also reward them for their excellent reports and attitudes to learning, and especially when they go above and beyond, either academically or by doing something positive in our school, or even the wider community. Our system of rewards, we believe, is simple but effective. Each student collects green points, for the reasons mentioned, which then generate postcards home; bronze, silver, gold and platinum certificates are also awarded. With every certificate each child receives the appropriate amount of tokens to spend with their HoY / PYM in our rewards shop on a range of prizes. We believe that this reward and positive culture chosen by our students is really helping us to grow and as always, we ask for parental support in praising and rewarding their children's efforts. .Achievement points accumulate throughout the year, with SUGGESTED milestones. This is an open-ended system: it gives students targets to aim for, but can be added to at the top end if and when needed. Students will receive Bonus Green Points automatically each week if they achieve: full attendance, no AM & PM registration ‘lates’, as well as no red points. They will also gain bonus points for good academic reports and grades.

House ‘Good Manners’ Competition

Aim is to recognise and reward positive behaviours around school.

• Each member of staff will receive 3x laminated cards every Monday in pigeon-holes

• Staff can give a card to any student they observe displaying good manners

• Student places card in relevant ‘House Box’

• Cards are counted each Friday and House awarded points

• Cards returned to staff for star of next week

(Staff do not have to record anything unless they wish to for an individual student

Detentions

Reflection Room Extended hours RR

SLT Behaviour Panel Governors’ Panel

Fixed Term Exclusion Permanent Exclusion

Homework Club

Detentions Reflection Room

Fixed Term Exclusion

Awards

Certificates Trips Gifts

ACHIEVEMENT POINTS : Green

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Homework/ Organisation/‘Lates’ points accumulate over one academic year but stay on record for a full school career

Negative points accumulate over an academic year, Students start from Zero points every academic yearbut the full behaviour record is over the time of the school career

1. Every significant positive or negative must be recorded by staff on SIMS. 2. All R/G/Y points must be recorded by the member of staff that initially dealt with the positive or

negative behaviour unless this has been discussed and decided otherwise by relevant line manager. 3. When an entry is made onto the system, a sanction, must also be recorded to show what action the

teacher has taken. 4. Staff must enter into the comments box of Behaviour Manager, any relevant details which may be

needed for some incidents. Not all entries will need comments. 5. STAFF MUST BE AWARE THAT THESE COMMENTS MAYBE VIEWED BY PARENTS AND/OR OTHER

EXTERNAL AGENCIES, SO FOR EXAMPLE, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ENTERING NAMES OF OTHER STUDENTS (please use student initials instead).

6. Staff must use the correct and corresponding SIMS boxes to log behaviour types. 7. Serious incidents must also be reported to the HoY/PYM via email.

HOMEWORK/ORGANISATION/LATES POINTS : Yellow

NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR POINTS : Red

Recording Points

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Behaviour for Learning

Tottington High School’s culture is based on the right to teach and the right to learn. We promote self-

discipline; encourage positive behaviour. We have expectations and rules for every classroom with a very clear

3 strike system in operation for negative behaviours that is linked to our ‘On Call’ and detention system. There

are clear expectations, rewards and sanctions at each stage.

Classroom Consistency

a) Staff should ‘Meet & Greet’ classes checking uniform

b) All diaries and equipment should be placed on the desks in every lesson.

c) All lessons should start on time.

d) All pupils will act in a manner which enables effective learning to take place – staff should refer to the

Classroom Rules if need be.

Classroom Rules

Be on time and line up quietly

Place diary, pencil case and books on your desk

The teacher will protect pupils right to learn by challenging unacceptable behaviour

Students will accept discipline and allow learning to take place

If you would like attention raise your hand and wait

Treat EVERYONE with RESPECT

Neg High

• High Level Disruption results in Red Card On-Call immediately and student withdrawn

NegMid/Low

• Assertive Classroom Management System of 3 Strikes

Positive

• Positive Behaviours rewarded by:

• Awarding of 1-2 Green point(s) EVERY LESSON by classroom teacher

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Verbal Warning

• After failing to respond to prompt correcting behaviour, teacher writes student’s name on board.

Strike 1

• After failing to heed warning, teacher puts ‘1’ beside student’s name on board.

• Teacher warns next strike means detention.

Strike 2

• After failing to heed warning, teacher puts ‘2’ beside student’s name on board.

• Teacher informs student he/she shall have a DT1 with classroom teacher.

• Red point recorded by teacher along with arranged detention

Strike 3

• After failing to heed warning, teacher puts ‘3’ beside student’s name on board.

• Student is sent/taken to room stated on Faculty ‘Remove Room Timetable’.

• Red point recorded by teacher along with arranged detention

• (If a student has received 3 strikes in this lesson in any 2 of previous 4 lessons, he/she will go straight to DT2)

BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING

‘3 STRIKES’ - ASSERTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

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High

• Physical violence or verbal abuse towards adult or student

• Total complete refusal to follow any instructions

• Vandalism

• Leaving class without permission during the lesson

Mid

• Initially refusing to co-operate

• Rudeness

• Use of inappropriate language not necessarily directed at an individual

• ‘Unruly’ behaviour

• Persistent low level behaviours

Low

• Chewing

• Out of seat

• Talking

• Electronic equipment

• Lack of effort with given task

Examples of behaviour levels

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There are many types of sanctions that are used to correct behaviour. Detentions are used and when employed after school, parents will be informed. It is expected that parents agree to accept the school's disciplinary sanctions when their child is admitted to the school and will cooperate if these need to be applied. There is a set of school rules essential for the smooth running of the school and copies are regularly made available to students and are available to parents, on request, together with the Behavioural Policy Staff have a legal power to put pupils in detention but must make it clear to pupils and parents that a detention is to be used. The school will let parents know with 24hrs notice of an after school detention via phone call or student planner. Staff must record detentions set and detentions attended on SIMS. Where students fail to attend detentions it is then passed to the relevant Line Manager for resolution.

If deemed necessary a DT4 can be used which is a Friday Night Headteacher

detention.

FIND MORE DETAIL IN APPENDIX 1

DT1

Staff

• Member of staff gives student a DT1 and records red point

• Date and duration of DT1 dictated by member of staff

• If student fails to attend DT1, staff follow up for reason: re-do or move to DT2 (CLT/PLT)

DT2

CLT/PLT

• Relevant CLT/PLT records red point and Middle Leader DT2 on relevant day

• All CLT/PLT supervise DT2 on agreed rota

• CLT/PLT DT2 held on Tuesday and Wednesday 3.15-4.15pm (x1hr)

• If student fails to attend DT2, ML follows up for reason: re-do or move to DT3 (SLT)

DT3

SLT

• Relevant SLT records red point and SLT DT3 on relevant day

• All SLT supervise DT3 on agreed rota

• SLT DT3 held on Monday 3.15-5.15pm (x2hr)

• If student fails to attend DT3, SLT follow up for reason: re-do or move to RR Extended Day

SCHOOL DETENTIONS

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Emergency ‘On Call’ Procedure The Emergency call system will provide all staff with support in EXTREME CASES of poor behaviour.

1. Staff send for a ‘on call’ member of staff by sending a good student to the office for a ‘Red Card’ or by contacting the main office directly. Please indicate to office On-Call 1 (unable to continue T&L) or On-Call 2.

2. The office then contact the member of staff on duty via the two-way radio communication system. 3. Staff on-call when arriving will simply ask, ‘would you like the student removing?’ ‘Yes’ or ‘no’ will

suffice UNLESS more information is needed for on-call staff. If a ‘removal’ on-call staff will escort to faculty remove room or keep student with them.

4. On-call staff will also conduct walkabouts to hot-spots during lesson when able to. Reminders to staff:

Please ensure 3 strikes system is employed for low/mid-level disruption.

Staff to follow up issue after lesson as usual with sanctions.

HoFs, please ensure you have submitted a faculty remove room timetable.

On-call staff, please ensures you pick up walkie-talkie and folder each lesson you are on.

As part of our sanction system one tool we use is the Reflection room which is classed as an internal exclusion and as such is a serious high level sanction for unacceptable behaviour, succeeded only by a formal temporary exclusion from school. The sanction can be used for a ‘one off’ detailed behavioural incident or for an accumulation of poor behaviour.

Reflection Room 2016-17

The IR operates Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the upstairs room of the Taylor building.

IR DAY

8.45

P1

P2

P3

P4

LUNCH

PM REG

P5

P6 – 4.15

THE ON CALL – RED CARD SYSTEM

INTERNAL EXCLUSION – REFLECTION ROOM

Isolation Room Referrals;

1. High Level Incidents – Verbal abuse of staff,

aggression, physical altercations, bullying, SG issues.

Repetition leads to FT exclusion. Number of days

decided by PG

2. Continued Persistent Disruption to Learning – 5 Red

removes over a two week period equals one day / two

days if second time. 3 days in IR for CPD2L results in FT

exclusion.

3. Failure to comply on APDR behaviour pathway.

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Wider School Rules

HAIR

Long hair MUST be fastened back off the face with plain and discreet hair accessories. No

extreme hairstyles. Hair colouring, if used, must be within a range of natural hair colour and

must not be in extreme contrasting colours, e.g. black and blond. Minimum of a 'No 2' for

short hairstyles and no shaved lines or contrasting lengths are allowed.

JEWELLERY

For safety and security reasons, only a watch may be worn. No other jewellery is

acceptable.

MAKE-UP

Make-up must not be worn in school.

FOOTWEAR

For boys and girls, the wearing of trainers, sports shoes, open sandals, backless shoes or

pumps is not permitted. Footwear must not exceed past the ankle bone. Footwear that

displays a sports designer logo, such as Adidas/Nike, is unsuitable and parents should check

with school if in any doubt before purchasing footwear. Girls should note that heeled shoes

must be low.

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

Mobile phones and iPods, etc. are for use at break and lunchtimes only and never indoor

except in the dining room and Rm9 (sandwich room). Equipment should be kept out of sight

around school and must not be visible in top/front pocket of blazer. No students may take

photographs or videos using their phones.

CORRIDORS, DINING ROOM AND SOCIAL TIMES On Corridors

• Keep to the left. • Do NOT run. • Coats and non-uniform items are NOT to be worn inside the building and will be

confiscated and returned at the end of the school day. • Phones/headphones which are VISIBLE will be confiscated. • No eating on the corridors. • Use the ONE WAY SYSTEM on the ART Department stairs.

AT BREAK/LUNCHTIME

• Ball games on the SOUTH YARD ONLY. • Do not congregate in toilets, corridors or in areas designated OUT OF BOUNDS. • Smoking is strictly forbidden.

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• Have fun but do not put anyone’s safety in danger. • Put all litter in the bins provided.

DINING ROOM

• Line up in an orderly fashion. • Wait until it is your turn to enter the dining room. • Buy and eat your lunch in a mature and orderly manner. • Clear up your tray, and put all litter in the bins. • No food is to be eaten in the corridors.

PACKED LUNCHES

• Eat in designated areas only. • Clear up your litter!

PUNCTUALITY

• Punctuality is an important part of self-discipline and is essential to good time management.

• Always make sure that you are in the correct classroom , and at the time set for each period.

• If you arrive at school AFTER 8.50am, then you must report to the PASTORAL OFFICE. You will be marked LATE in the register and you will need a note explaining the reason for late arrival.

ATTENDANCE

• The proper place for you to be on a school day is in school. If you are not in school then you must have a justifiable reason. You should always bring a note from your Parents or Guardian when you return to school after being off sick.

• The Department for Education has changed the conditions of “holiday requests” and the new legislation means the headteacher cannot authorise absence from school, for any family holiday in term time, for any student in years 7 to 11. The procedures for absence through illness or medical appointments have not changed.

• Each application will be judged independently. Parents or Guardians who take their children out of school WITHOUT PERMISSION may face prosecution.

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In addition to the guidance found in the earlier section the following sanctions are to be applied for more serious offences listed below. In dealing with the offences below, staff are asked to email HOY/PYM and they will record and organise sanctions in liaison with other staff. Smoking (including the use of E-cigarette’s): First offence - Letter home and SLT detention Second offence - Letter home and one day in the Reflection room Third offence - Letter home and two days in the Reflection room with parental SLT meeting Continued breaking of this rule will result in Fixed Exclusions. Selling Items in School without permission: First offence - Letter home and SLT detention Second offence - Letter home and one day in the Reflection room Third offence - Letter home and two days in the Reflection room with parental SLT meeting Continued breaking of this rule will result in Fixed Exclusions Truancy: The truanted time is to be made up as directed by PYM/HOY. Appearance - Extreme Hair Cuts / Styles / Colours: First offence - Phone call home with warning and a discussion as to how/when it is corrected Second offence - Letter home and SLT detention Third offence - Internal Isolation Continued breaking of this rule may result in Internal Isolation Piercings/Nails/Makeup: Students who refuse to remove piercings/nails/make up - Letter home/warning and discussion Verbal Abuse Directed at Staff (the use of swear words): First offence - Letter home and one day in the Reflection room Second offence - Letter home and two days in the Reflection room with parental meeting Further offences - Fixed Term Exclusions Mobile Phones – Refusal to handover: First offence - Refer to HOY - DT2/Resolved by HOY Second offence - Refer to SLT - DT3/Resolved by SLT Third offence - Fixed Term Exclusion

SLT / PLT - GUIDANCE SANCTIONS

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Only the Head Teacher can decide whether to exclude a pupil, for a fixed term or permanently, taking into account all the circumstances, the evidence available and the need to balance the interests of the pupil against those of the whole school community. In ALL cases a return to school from fixed term exclusion will carry with it a half or full day of internal isolation and a reintegration meeting between the pupil, parents and the school. There will be a consistent procedure outlined in appendix 2 for those students who receive multiple fixed term exclusions. In the case of a permanent exclusion parents will have the right to make a representation to the School Governors and also an additional appeal to an independent appeal panel. Tottington High School will fulfil its duty to provide suitable education for the excluded pupil from the sixth day of any fixed period of exclusion of more than five consecutive school days. The local authority will provide suitable full-time education from the sixth school day of a permanent exclusion. Please be aware that the behaviour of pupils outside school can be considered as grounds for Permanent or Fixed Term exclusion for example on school trips, away school sports fixtures, or work experience placements. Poor behaviour in such circumstances will be dealt with as if it had taken place in school. For behaviour outside school, but not on school business, a head teacher may exclude a pupil if there is a clear link between that behaviour and maintaining good behaviour and discipline among the pupil body as a whole. This will be a matter of judgement for the head teacher.

All School staff have the power to use reasonable force to prevent pupils committing an offence, injuring themselves or others, or damaging property and to maintain good order and discipline in the classroom. Please see Safeguarding children policy for further information.

Tottington High School staff can search pupils with their consent for any item banned by the school rules. The Head teacher and SLT have the power to search pupils or their possessions, without consent, where they suspect the pupil has weapons, alcohol, illegal drugs and stolen items.

Allegations of abuse will always be taken seriously, Tottington High School will ensure we deal with allegations quickly, fairly and consistently so that every child is protected and the person who is the subject of the allegation is supported. Every effort will be made to maintain confidentiality and guard against unwanted publicity whilst an allegation is investigated. Staff will not be suspended as an automatic response and students may face a fixed term exclusion if they are found to have made a malicious accusation. See the Safeguarding Policy for further guidance.

FIXED TERM & PERMANENT EXCLUSION

THE USE OF REASONABLE FORCE

SCREENING, SEARCHING & CONFISCATION

ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AGAINST STAFF

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Pastoral staff meet regularly to allocate ALL students into the following profiles to ensure early intervention is in place.

CHECKING / TRACKING / MONITORING & INTERVENTION OF NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR

Behaviour Pathway SEMH Pathway Appropriate Interventions

Cycle 1

4 Weeks

10 – 15 R/Y points Form tutor/Student meeting

Meeting Record Failed Cycle – 1 day internal exclusion

-Initial meeting to discuss concerns and issues -Targets set -APDR log started

Cycle 2

4 Weeks

Pastoral Year Manager Behaviour contract

Failed Cycle – 2 day internal exclusion or Failed Cycle – 1 day internal SEMH Assessment - LP

-PYM, Student, Parent - PLC referral -SG L2 – Early Help Plan, TAF, TAC -Targets set/Behaviour contract -APDR Log continued -BC emailed to all parties plus SENCO

Cycle 3

4 Weeks

Pastoral Year Manager

Pupil Passport 1

Failed Cycle – 1 day FT exclusion

Pastoral Year Manager LP

Pupil Passport 1

Failed Cycle – 2 day internal SEMH Assessment - LP

- PYM, Student, Parents & PLC meeting. -Round Robin from lesson completed - SG L2 – Early Help Plan, TAF, TAC -PLC/SP to become involved – 1 to 1 -SENCO contribution invited -Pupil passport completed - APDR Log continued -SEMH / LP Interventions

Cycle 4

4 Weeks

Pastoral Year Manager

Involve: PLC/SENCO/SLT

Pupil Passport 2 or Formal Pastoral Support Plan

Failed Cycle – 2 day FT exclusion & Govn Panel

Pastoral Year Manager LP

SEMH / SENCO / SLT Pupil Passport 2 or Formal

Pastoral Support Plan Failed Cycle – 2 day internal SEMH Assessment - LP

- PYM, Student, Parents, SLT, SENCO & PLC meeting. -PP1 review and because of no improvement PP2 OR PSP completed - SG L3 – CIN -SENCO & PLC involvement -Possible CAMHS/ED Psych referral - APDR Log continued - SEMH / LP Interventions - Alternative provision considered – PPP, PLC Dual placement etc…

Cycle 5

4 Weeks

Senior Leadership Team SENCO

FINAL PSP

Failed Cycle – Exclusion

Senior Leadership Team SENCO

LP FINAL PSP

Failed Cycle – Exclusions

- SLT, Student, Parents & PLC meeting. -Education Healthcare Plan applied for - SG L3/4 – CIN / CP Plan - APDR Log continued -SEMH / LP Interventions

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Appendix 1 - TOTTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL DETENTION SYSTEM – DT1, DT2 & DT3 (January 2015)

Student given detention (DT1) by member of staff following: 2nd/3rd Strike or Homework Issue or Other reason

Staff informs parents via phone call or planner (student records this in their planner).

Staff record on system

Student attends DT1: Sanction completed

Student does not attend

Staff follow up with student for reason

If reason given accepted by staff, DT1 rescheduled and

above steps repeated.

If reason not accepted, staff informs student that DT2 will be issued. Staff informs HoF/PYM.

HoF/PYM informs student (& parent) of date of DT2.

HoF/PYM records on system.

Relevant Middle Leaders will be informed by next morning, after DT2, if student has not attended.

Student attends DT2: Sanction completed

Student does not attend

HoF/PYM follows up with student for reason

If reason given accepted by HoF/PYM, DT2 rescheduled, and above steps repeated.

If reason not accepted, HoF/PYM informs student that DT3(SLT) will be issued.

HoF/PYM informs relevant SLT line manager.

Relevant SLT informs student (& parent) of date of DT3.

SLT records on system.

Student attends DT3: Sanction completed

Student does not attend

SLT follows up with student for reason

If reason given accepted by SLT, DT3 rescheduled, and

above steps repeated.

If reason not accepted, SLT informs PG for further sanction.