Behaviour

As a TKAT school we have a shared and common purpose to ensure all pupils, regardless of the traditional barriers to success, have the opportunities and resources to achieve their academic and career aspirations within a safe, inclusive and ambitious environment. We are a school / academy that:

  • Works together inclusively
  • Respects and cares for each other
  • Has ambition and is aspirational to all

Our education philosophy is focused around three values we want all of our students to acquire before taking their place in the global community. At Welling School:

  • We are Ambitious
  • We are Kind
  • We are Active

These values of being ambitious, kind and active underpin all the conversations we have in school, both positive and negative. Where students follow behaviour expectations, they will be rewarded for doing so. Where they are unable to follow our behaviour expectations, this may lead to sanctions being put in place. The nature of the sanction is dependent on the behaviour type - the more serious the behaviour the more significant the sanction is likely to be.

Behaviour

At Welling school, alongside our three core values sit the three R's. 

REMIND - REINFORCE - REMOVE

REMIND

  • A verbal or non-verbal cue.
  • Non-confrontational reminder.
  • Assumed compliance
  • An outline of expectations.
  • Refer to red line display/ values.

REINFORCE

Staff Must: 

  • Deliver a clear and direct message with no negotiation.
  • Maintain the relationship and be calm
  • Give a clear expectation of how to succeed. 
  • A clear explanation of the outcome.
  • May involve moving seat, sending out for a short time, confiscation

REMOVE

  • React in a way that allows the student to save face 
  • Student removed through on call system 
  • Discreetly inform On Call staff of the student needing removal.
  • Restorative conversation.

Expectations

Late to lesson bell

The bell rings 5 minutes into lessons. After the bell has finished, the classroom door will be closed.  If you arrive to lesson after that point you are late and will be marked as a "L" on the register.  If you are late with good reason or were late to school with a slip, you will be marked as present. If you are late, you will be given a 30 minute detention that night (if periods 1 to 4) or the following day if period 5.

Detentions

All detentions take place in the canteen at 3pm. There are three levels to our detention structure. These are:

  • 30 minutes
  • 60 minutes
  • 90 minutes (SLT 90 - issued by SLT) Every Wednesday and Friday until 4:30pm.

Your tutor will bring you down to the library directly from tutor time.

Truancy and the Refocus Room 

If you are removed from a lesson for poor behavior, you will be taken to the refocus room by a member of the behavior team. As a result of this, a 60 minute detention will be issued. 

If you refuse to go to the refocus room, you will be sent to the Berwick centre for defiance. Failure to attend the Berwick centre will result in an external suspension. 

If you are found to be truanting from a lesson you will be taken to our refocus room.  

Mobile Phones

We are an onsite, out of sight school. If you are seen using a mobile phone, it will be confiscated and handed into the main reception. Your phone needs to be switched off at the gate, and it is your responsibility. If you are seen or heard on the phone during the school day, it will be confiscated and your parents will have to collect it from reception between the hours of 8am and 4pm.

If you refuse to hand over your phone, a member of the senior leadership will be alerted and you will be placed in our Berwick centre. 

Rewards

We believe that there should be a consequence for positive behaviour. Through our rewards system, we recognise both individual cases of positive behaviour, and patterns of repeated positive behaviour over time. Through our rewards system we aim to recognise and celebrate the positive contributions that our students make. Teachers are also encouraged to make positive phone calls to reward positive behaviour. In addition to the formal rewards outlined below, all adults are encouraged to regularly praise students making positive contributions. Students can be rewarded for behaviour in the classroom, around the school site, or beyond the school gates for actions which positively serve the community.

When you exceed expectations, a staff member may award you an achievement (+1) point. If you do not meet the expectations of your teacher they may issue a behaviour (-1) point. Combined, they make your total conduct points score, which can earn you different rewards.  

Reward Certificates

Altogether there are 8 levels of rewards that students can work towards achieving. Each level comes with a new and exciting reward prize. Some of these prizes include: 

  • Pen
  • Water Bottle
  • Hot Meal
  • Movie Afternoon
  • Pizza Afternoon
  • Bowling Trip

Golden Ticket

As an addition to our reward system, we have introduced a unique award called a "Golden Ticket". This is to recognise outstanding moments of effort and achievement. If you receive a golden ticket from a member of staff, then you will be asked to visit the Head Teacher at the start of afternoon tutor time for a special prize. 

Reward Trips

Throughout the year we will be running a series of reward trips for those students that have continuously demonstrated positive learning behaviours. Some of these trips include: 

  • Bowling
  • Cinema
  • Winter Wonderland
  • Chessington
  • Thorpe Park
  • Danson Park Kayaking
  • Crook Lodge Swimming