• Student must align to schools’ values – Commitment, Bravery, Honour and Service.

• Good discipline is essential to ensuring that a healthy, supportive, and trusting learning environment exists throughout the school.

• The school believes in maintaining excellence of standards and in the right of all students to a positive learning environment and safe playground.

• A deliberate discipline programme operates for classroom and playground management.

• Instructions must be promptly followed when given by teachers, ancillary staff and others given authority e.g. Monitors.

The Positive Side

There are many ways to reward students who behave appropriately. In addition to using frequent praise, students will be rewarded with options which include:

• Positive phone calls/written referral forms to parents.

• Visits to/from Senior Management Team for praise or an award.

• ‘Optional Activity Award’ time – 15 minutes spent on individual educational activity of students’ choice e.g. maths games; game of touch; choice of computer programme.

Classroom Discipline Procedures

All students have the right to learn but lose this right when disruptive students misbehave. The Assertive Discipline plan is a series of controls which make it possible for class lessons to continue uninterrupted by inappropriate behaviour. Students must comply with following rules in class:

• Get to class on time

• Take all necessary equipment to class

• Get books and gear out, then sit

• Listen to and follow instructions

• Put hand up if you wish to speak or seek help

• Remain at desk unless asked to move by your teacher

• Keep all books and equipment neat and tidy

• Respect the right of others to work undisturbed

• Be courteous to teachers and fellow students

• Pack up only when instructed by the teacher

The following consequences will occur if a student breaks a rule:

1. First time: Name recorded, and warning given

2. Second time: Consequence outlined if continual

3. Third time: Consequence (See levels)

Level 1

• 8.15 (Level 1) Detentions are held in Straven Block each day after school for 20 minutes of litter Duty. Failure to attend will result in an interval litter duty every day until the 8.15 has been completed.

• Work Catch up are held by subject departments each week

Level 2

• Deans Detentions (1 hour) are held each week. These are for continual poor behaviour or work ethic.

• With 24 hours’ notice detentions take priority over other commitments - sports practices, clubs, work.

• Failure to attend will result in a lunchtime litter duty every day until the detention has been completed.

• Additionally the opportunity to be involved in an extra-curricular activity, or similar, is likely to be withdrawn.

Level 3

• Referrals – Students referred from a subject class will go immediately to the Student Service. They will collect a restorative form and sent to the referral room. Students will be allowed to return to other subject classes however will not return to the subject they were referred from until a restorative discussion has taken place.

• Serious misconduct – the student will be withdrawn from class and an investigation will start (refer policy).

• additionally, the opportunity to be involved in an extra-curricular activity, or similar, could be withdrawn.

Level 4

Student is recommended for a Stand-down or Suspension on the grounds of

Consequences – Section 80 Education Act 2020

• Gross Misconduct is a harmful example to other students.

• Continual disobedience is a harmful example.

• Because of their behaviour it is likely they will cause harm

Extra curricular -Key Criteria for Stand-Down from Representation

A stand-down may be triggered by the following concerns:

Please note: All triggers will be considered in context and applied with reasonable discretion.

The Process and Decision-Making

Stand-down decisions are made following a careful and balanced process:

• Decision-Maker: The final decision to remove a student from representation rests with the Head of Pastoral, in consultation with the relevant Dean and/or Head of House, and where appropriate, the Head of Teaching and Learning or Head of Assessment.

• Notification: To ensure fairness and planning support:

  • For Level 2/3 issues, the Sports Department and/or relevant staff (e.g., TIC, Arts Coordinator) will be informed at least 48 hours before the scheduled event.

  • For continual Level 1 issues, the notification will occur 5 days prior to the event.

• Communication: Students and their whānau will be formally informed of:

  • The decision to stand the student down

  • The reason for the decision

  • Steps required to be reconsidered for future representation

Right of Appeal

We understand that every situation is unique. Therefore, there is a right of appeal, which can be made directly to the Headmaster, who will review the case and make a final decision.

MERIT OR DEMERIT POINTS - PASTORAL RECORD (This is currently under review and not being used currently)

During the course of an academic year, students may receive positive or negative data entries from their teachers. School database entries along with other types of communications are recorded against the student’s pastoral file.

Positive or Negative entries earn demerit points.

Each year, a student gaining more than 30 demerit points will receive a student of concern letter to discuss next steps

Merit and Demerit points earn consequences, therefore, students need to try and collect merit points and avoid earning demerit points against their pastoral file.

Teachers will monitor MERIT demerit points throughout the year by accessing the student’s pastoral file on the school’s database system.

For example:

Student receives a negative referral. and points are allocated based on the type of the referral.

• 1 point – 8.15 or work catch up.

• 5 points - Year Level Dean detention

• 10 points – Referral from class

• 30 points (indication only)– Stand down

• 50 points  (indication only)  - Suspension

Outside and Corridor Discipline

In corridors, students should line up on one side of the corridor, allowing free and undisturbed passage to other students moving further along the corridor. Students are expected to conduct themselves in an acceptable manner in the grounds.

The following unacceptable behaviours may warrant immediate contact with parents or caregivers and will, on observation, earn a detention:

• fighting

• use of obscene language

• littering

• interference in others’ activities

• spitting

• disregard of uniform code

• intimidation

• defiance or failure to carry out teacher instruction.

Immediate contact with parents or caregivers will be made for offences such as vandalism, smoking, theft, carrying an offensive weapon, swearing at a staff member, any statutory offences. Where behaviour is an ongoing concern, consultation with parents or caregivers and referral to appropriate guidance personnel will occur. Our concern is to ensure that all students follow acceptable social guidelines so that the rights of all are respected.