Behaviour policy
ethos and value
Within our Behaviour Policy we attempt to fulfil our Mission Statement to provide an educational and social experience to meet the learning and emotional needs of our young people within the framework of a caring, supportive and structured environment. Young people will be helped to develop their individual potential for growth, self-worth and self-control through experiencing clear and consistent guidance and support on appropriate ways of behaving towards other people within the school and the outside world.
Aim
Our aim is to encourage all pupils within the school to:
- Learn to develop an understanding of the ways their behaviour affects other people.
- Learn to respect the reasonable needs, wishes and feelings of others.
- Learn to control and take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- Learn to develop a responsible, supportive and caring attitude towards other people.
- Learn to develop a respect for property and for their environment.
- Consider the impact that their behaviour has upon learning.
- Understand that a partnership between home and school exists in order to promote acceptable behaviour in school.
Appropriate and Inappropriate Behaviour
To help people to achieve these aims, guidance is given about which behaviours are supportive and helpful and make the Westbury School a better place to be and to outline which behaviours are not acceptable.
These are grouped into four target areas:
- Respect for people
- Respect for property
- Engaging in all curriculum tasks
- Remaining in appropriate curriculum areas
Showing Respect for Other People
This would include behaviours such as:
- Speaking to adults and young people politely and without saying anything which could offend or upset them.
- Understanding what might upset and offend other people and taking care to respect their views and opinions. Any comments which put people down, upset them, are offensive, racist or sexist, or threaten them in any way are not acceptable.
- Showing respect for other people’s personal space by not touching, hitting, bullying or intimidating them. Any threat or action which might physically harm, hurt or frighten another person is not acceptable.
- Understanding that people have tasks and work to do and allowing them to get on with their work without disturbing them. It is not acceptable to interfere with another person’s learning or teaching.
- Showing concern and support for other people, especially when they are having difficulties. Co-operating with other people and understanding that this involves considering their views. It is not acceptable to join in and/or encourage another person when they are having a difficulty.
Showing Respect for Property
This would include behaviour such as:
- Respecting other people’s property and work and not damaging it. It is never acceptable to interfere with somebody else’s work.
- Respecting and contributing to displays around the school. These are a celebration of our success as a school and community.
- Looking after the school equipment that we use.
- Looking after the building, its furniture and furnishings and the environment. Damage to property upsets people and makes our environment less and is not acceptable.
