To report any safeguarding concerns about a child please contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mr Burr via main reception during school hours.
We are incredibly proud of the importance we place on student welfare, health and wellbeing at Writhlington School. Our aim is to help our students develop the capacity to manage the ups and downs of life and also to recognise that there is support available if it is needed. Every member of staff at Writhlington has a responsibility for supporting our students.
We believe that the role of the tutor is a vital part of the development of young people in our community and each student will be part of a tutor group. The tutor should always be the first point of contact should you need to speak to someone in school.
Our pastoral team is also able to make referrals to other agencies working with us to support our young people. These include:
We all work together to ensure that our students have their emotional needs effectively and appropriately supported so that they are able to succeed in school and in the wider world.
“Pupils feel happy, safe and cared for.”
Ofsted 2023
A school ethos of encouragement is central to the promotion of desirable behaviour and this policy works alongside the rewards policy. We have high expectations of work ethic, attendance, behaviour and participation in school life.
Each term, students can be awarded for five different aspects of their success:
Students who get the required GEMS AND have no demerits will also be awarded bonus GEMS for success.
If all 5 of the above are met in one term, then the student will also receive A £10 Amazon Voucher.
Celebration assemblies are held at the end of the Christmas, Easter and Summer terms and pupils are presented with the relevant awards. Attendance is also rewarded in the following way:
Writhlington School operates a Hub (detention) system across the school in order that there is consistency and inevitability of sanctions. Hubs can be set for the following (although this is not an exhaustive list):
If a student is disrupting a class to a degree that the learning of others, or indeed their own learning, cannot continue unhindered, then the following strategies will be used:
The number of Exits that a student accrues will be closely monitored and the following sanctions will apply if multiple Exits are recorded:
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No of Exits |
Action |
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3 |
Letter to go home warning that any further exits may lead to School Disciplinary Code stage 1 |
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4 |
Parent meeting with Head of Year Targets set on SDC stage 1 (or appropriate to individual if already on a Stage for other reasons) |
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5 |
SLT Pastoral Lead meeting with Student and Parents Next stage of SDC |
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6 |
1 day Isolation |
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7 |
Referral to SLT Pastoral lead to consider suspension Next stage of SDC |
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Further exits will be considered by SLT for further action *Any part of this process may be skipped depending on the situation. |
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For very serious incidents, the student will be taken to the isolation room whilst the incident is investigated and a suitable sanction is decided upon.
The Hub system: One system for all sanctions
To view our full behaviour policy please click here.
We rely on our close partnership with parents to maintain the high standards and positive atmosphere exhibited by our students.
As you would expect, we ask parents to take an active role in the support of their child’s progress in school. To this end we stress that parents are always welcome to contact and visit the school.
We have a Home-School Agreement which the student, parents and school sign. This outlines the commitment each will make to ensure students make the optimal progress during their time at Writhlington.