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Behaviour, Rewards & Sanctions
Behaviour Principles
The Principles that under our Behaviour, Rewards & Sanctions Policy, South Molton Community College is based upon an ethos that generates a positive environment for those who work and learn within it.
At our college all students are expected to behave in a way that creates
an environment where;
• Staff are able to teach to the best of their abilities
• All students can learn and achieve to their maximum potential in every classroom
• All members of our school community can work in a safe place
• Staff, students, parents/carers and visitors can enjoy and be proud of their association with us
The Positive Behaviour Management of our young people is most effective when a true partnership exists between school and home.
Together we can make SMCC extremely successful, a school which we are all proud to belong to and a school where visitors leave with a truly positive impression of us.
Rewards
We believe that motivating students by using appropriate rewards is one of the most important tasks we undertake.
We use rewards and sanctions to:
- Create a secure, orderly and working environment
- Raise student self-esteem and make them feel valued
- Set goals for personal achievement
- Reward a variety of qualities and activities
- Provide opportunities for students to aspire to and assume responsibilities
- Motivate and encourage students to do their best
- Ensure effective teaching and learning can take place
- Develop the students’ sense of appropriate and inappropriate social behaviour
A variety of rewards include:
- Verbal praise from staff
- Letters and postcards home
- Certificates from Subject Areas (Hall of Fame)
- Celebration in assemblies
- Recognition in our newsletters and local press
- Formal occasions such as Presentation Evenings
- Roles and responsibilities e.g. House and Form Representatives, School Council, Prefects.
Sanctions
SMCC uses a variety of sanctions. These include a verbal reprimand (Named Reminder), working in ‘Refocus’ and detentions. For serious misbehaviour internal suspensions, fixed term suspensions and very rarely a permanent exclusion may be necessary.
Detentions It is recognised that at times, some students will – either intentionally or unintentionally – fall short of the school’s expectations. In such circumstances, students are expected to take responsibility for their actions and make amends, both through their words and more importantly, through their actions. Sometimes this requires students to sit a detention.
When students fail to complete homework or do not complete it to the expected standard, teachers will ask them to attend a break or lunch time catch up as a supportive measure, so the student does not fall behind in their learning. When a student does not attend this catch-up session, this will be upscaled to a lunch time detention. These catch ups and detentions will be on the same day if issued before break or lunch time, or on the following day if issued after lunch time. When a student does not attend this lunch time detention this will be upscaled to time in Refocus.
On Report
Pupils are sometimes put on report for indiscipline and parents will be informed. At the end of each lesson the teacher completes a form, reporting behaviour or attendance which is then signed daily by parents and logged with the Director of Learning.