Behaviour

We base our work on the principles of ‘I can’ and ‘I will’
‘I can’ is how we focus our teaching to ensure the learning explores what is possible and challenges students to go beyond.

Students who both meet and exceed our high expectations will be rewarded through;

Verbal Praise
Merits
Certifciates
Badges
House awards
School Awards
Sports colours
Headteacher Awards
Celebration Assemblies
Personalised prizes – a system that targets the reward to challenge the student to achieve significant personal progress.
The Winton 'Book of Distinction'

Students who do not meet the expectations have very simple procedures to follow.

In class staff will manage student behaviour to ensure expectations are maintained. Students follow well planned lessons and adhere to rules that have been agreed with students.

If a student breaks one rule they receive a clear warning.
In the unlikely event they break a second rule they are asked to spend the remainder of the lesson in our Rest & Reflect area. If they are able to complete work in that area, reflect and reset their behaviour they return for the next lesson. If they have been able to reset, staff will look at the appropriate course of action that ensures they do reset. This can include an intervention, additional sanction or a combination of both.
As a school we believe all students should come to school every day. We only suspend children in exceptional circumstances and operate a bespoke in school provision to challenge poor behaviour.
Permanent Exclusion is only ever used as an absolute last resort.

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‍Mobile phone use

‍Mobile phones should be pouched and kept by students each day. Using Yondr the school not only prevents disruption to learning but directly has a positive impact on student wellbeing through a reduction in dependency. More details of this relating to our policy can be found here. Students are not permitted to use mobile phones on school site. Any phones used or not pouched (except those with certified exemption) will be confiscated and returned to parents.

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‍Uniform

‍Students are expected to present themselves in line with our uniform requirements.We would expect a parent to support us by purchasing uniform in line with school expectations. If a student arrives out of uniform we expect to work with parents to get the student into uniform and into learning. No child will be receive an after school sanction for uniform breaches. However, we will not permit unwilling or unco-operative students out of uniform to dictate expectations.

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‍Read our Behaviour policy here.

Behaviour expectations

Students will:

Arrive to lesson on time, in full uniform and fully equipped to learn
Remain ready and focused on their learning throughout the duration of the lesson
Be respectful of everyone within our school community and of our environment
Take opportunities to learn independently and collaboratively as guided by their teacher
Be prepared to try new challenges and resilient when they find something difficult and fail occasionally
Share their ideas and remain receptive to the ideas of others
Recognise that everyone has a right to learn and succeed
Behave in a respectful manner towards staff and peers
Demonstrate resilience when overcoming obstacles and learn from their mistakes
Complete all work tasks to a standard that reveals their pride and commitment to learning
Refrain from eating chewing gum anywhere on site
Refrain from eating in class/corridors or drinking anything other than water in classrooms
Ensure that all electronic devices are switched off and kept out of sight throughout the day

“We passionately believe that high quality professional development supports our colleagues and benefits all of our students.”

Teachers will:

Welcome and greet students at the beginning of every lesson at their door
Facilitate a safe, calm and purposeful learning environment
Establish clear classroom routines and behaviour expectations and revisit them regularly
Create a focused start to learning with a knowledge retrieval starter activity followed by a visual aid to the learning journey and purpose of the lesson
Take time to build positive relationships within the school
Celebrate and value success both within and beyond the classroom
Seek to de-escalate any incidents of poor behaviour by adopting a calm and reasoned, restorative coaching approach
Use agreed school procedures to challenge disruptive behaviour or poor attitudes to learning
Demonstrate resilience when overcoming obstacles and learn from their mistakes
Complete all work tasks to a standard that reveals their pride and commitment to learning
Instil a sense of pride in positive achievement
Acknowledge good effort, improved performance and positive behaviour, aiming for a ratio of 4-1 between positive and negative feedback
Treat each student equitably

Bullying

At Winton we have worked tirelessly over the past three years and had a significant impact on bullying at Winton. Our target is to eradicate it. We are not there yet but we believe we have the systems for reporting, the education to change behaviour and the sanctions to remove bullies, that will in time see us become bullying free.

Students tell us bullying is rare and they tell us that when it does happen it is dealt with quickly and that they are happy as a result of our actions.

It can take a number of forms relating to everything you could imagine. Bullying, particularly on the internet can have a real impact on young people.

If students, staff or parents have any concerns around a child being bullied they should either;
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1. Look to support the young person and suggest they use their ‘go to’ person.
2. Inform the child’s tutor.
3. Email STOP@liftwinton.org naming the child and outlining concerns.

Our priority is to support the victim and ensure that the sanction supports re-education, preventing a repeat.

Bullying at Winton is defined as Several Times On Purpose. Friends falling out, one off incident or disagreements are not bullying. The malicious repeated targeting of a student will not be tolerated.

All bullying allegations are investigated. They are then classed as bullying or not. If they are recorded as bullying then they will be classified and monitored by the designated safeguarding lead. There is a termly STOP report which goes to the governing body.

Any student of Winton can get support through:

Their tutor
Their anti-bullying rep
Their anti-bullying prefect team
Their ‘go to’ person
Their parent or guardian
The email stop@liftwinton.org