Code of Conduct
These Three Rule Apply To Everyone Who is Part of the School
- Use your abilities and efforts to produce the best work you can
- Be considerate, cooperative and supportive towards staff and students
- Help keep the school a pleasant, effective and orderly place in which to work.
To use your abilities and efforts to produce the best work you can, you must:
- Attend school every day
- Arrive in time for lessons, with the necessary books and appropriate equipment
- Listen carefully when required
- Stay in your place unless you have permission to move
- Complete the work as well as and as fully as you can
- Ask for help when you need it - wait patiently if the teacher is busy
- Accept both praise and criticism towards improving you work
- Complete homework and hand it in on time. If you cannot do it, ask your teacher for help as soon as possible
- Record homework in your Student Planner and ensure it is signed at home weekly.
To be considerate, co-operative and supportive towards staff and students, you must:
- Follow the instructions given by staff
- If you feel they are unreasonable, discuss this after the lesson with the teacher concerned, or with your Tutor or Head of Year
- Do nothing to hurt others through word or action, either yourself or through other people. If you see this happening, tell a teacher who will act firmly. This includes any bullying and all racist or sexist behaviour
- Bring nothing to school that might cause harm or damage
- Contribute to the best of your ability when working in groups
- Be tolerant and supportive to others in difficulty
- Show appreciation of achievement of others
- Avoid giving offence by swearing or other inappropriate language.
To help keep the school a pleasant, effective and orderly place in which to work, you must:
- Look after the building, furniture and equipment
- Not cause any damage or deface any surface or display
- Walk quietly on the left in the corridors and on stairs
- Wait sensibly outside classrooms
- Follow the rules about ball games, use of the playgrounds and climbing
- Wear correct uniform at school and when traveling to and from school
- Only wear a minimum amount of jewellery, that must be discreet
- Bring only the personal property you need, do not bring valuable items such as mobile phones and personal stereos
- Only consume food and drink in the canteen
- Not eat or chew gum in lessons
- Dispose of litter properly
- Not go off site without permission
- When out of school, be polite and considerate towards those living near the school and those you meet on the way to and from school.