When a pupil’s behaviour meets or goes above and beyond the expected behaviour standard, staff will recognise it with positive recognition and reward. This provides an opportunity for all staff to reinforce the academy’s culture and ethos.
Positive reinforcements and rewards will be applied clearly and fairly to reinforce the routines, expectations and norms of the academy’s behaviour culture.
Positive behaviour will be rewarded with:
When a pupil’s behaviour falls below the standard that can reasonably be expected of them, staff will respond in order to restore a calm and safe learning environment, and to prevent recurrence of misbehaviour.
Staff will endeavour to create a predictable environment by always challenging behaviour that falls short of the standards, and by responding in a consistent, fair and proportionate manner, so pupils know with certainty that misbehaviour will always be addressed. We address misbehaviour through the use of the behaviour systems below:
| Out of this World Behaviour | +3 points & visit to Headteacher’s Office. |
| Superstar Student | +3 points |
| Shining Role Model | +2 points |
| Mission: Ready to Learn | +1 points |
| Houston, We Have a Problem | -1 points |
| Heading Back Down to Earth | -2 points |
| Flight Grounded | -3 points |
De-escalation techniques will be used to help prevent further behaviour issues arising, such as the use of pre-arranged stages and phrases. These are the agreed stages and phrases used, when necessary, in classrooms to de-escalate behaviour.
| Step 1 | Houston – We Have a Problem | Ensure that the child is clear that a rule has been broken.The child must be made aware that they have now received two reminders about their behaviour and they will be moved down the rocket to ‘Houston – We Have a Problem’ |
| Step 2 | Heading Back Down to Earth | Children will be given a final reminder and may even be asked to move within their classroom to complete work, to reflect and then correct their behaviour. Display this to the child by moving their peg to the ‘Heading Back Down to Earth’ section. |
| Step 3 | Flight Grounded | Children should be sent to a partner classroom for 5 minutes (KS1) or 10 minutes (KS2). Upon returning to the classroom, children should have a chance to redeem themselves by having a positive conversation with the class teacher. |
| Step 4 | Loss of Break Time | Explain to the child that the consequence of not changing their behaviour will result in a loss of break or lunch time in the SLT office. With a member of SLT, a conversation will be held about the behaviour choices that led to the sanction with children provided with the chance to reflect on their actions. |
| Step 5 | Fixed Term Suspension | Only if deemed appropriate. |
All pupils will be treated equitably under the policy, with any factors that contributed to the behavioural incident identified and taken into account.
When giving behaviour sanctions, staff will also consider what support could be offered to a pupil to help them to meet behaviour standards in the future.
The academy may use 1 or more of the following sanctions in response to unacceptable behaviour:
Personal circumstances of the pupil will be taken into account when choosing sanctions and decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis, but with regard to the impact on perceived fairness.
