Behaviour
High standards of behaviour are expected of every student. Students should move around the school site in a mature, safe way. Every student has the right to learn in a classroom environment free from distractions and our behaviour system is designed to support that aim. Our motto ‘being the best we can be’ pervades everything we do at Northallerton School & Sixth Form College and this is underpinned by our three core expectations that students will be ‘ready, respectful and safe’ alongside our values of ‘Excellence, Friendship and Respect’. We believe that to be firm and clear in our expectations is kind: it enables everybody in our community to thrive and prepares the young people in our care for a future in which they will display high standards of personal responsibility, integrity and discipline.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
As a staff, we work with Pivotal Education to ensure our behaviour management is the best it can be; as a result, we subscribe to the five Pivotal pillars:
- Consistent, calm adult behaviour
- First attention to best conduct
- Relentless routines
- Scripted interventions
- Restorative follow up
RECOGNITION STRATEGIES
We want our behaviour policies to recognise students who work hard at making changes and those who make positive behaviour choices the first time, every time. Therefore the most important part of our behaviour system is our positive recognition; we do this in the following ways:
- Reward points are awarded by staff members recognising students displaying our expectations and values, high standards of work, safe conduct, contribution in the classroom or wider school community
- Celebration assemblies are held every half term with Subject and House Awards Certificates
- Star Cards and phone calls / emails home in addition to verbal praise
- Headteacher Award - fortnightly, which is 'Hot Chocolate Friday' with the Headteacher