Sixth Form Learning Agreement
BEHAVIOUR PROCEDURE
An informal word with a student should normally be sufficient in the majority of cases, however when a student does not respond and improve their behaviour, it may be necessary to use a more formal procedure shown below. ALL informal discussion will still need recording on Arbor.
| Issue | Action | Key member of staff |
| · Small number of homework/course work late or not completed
· Low level disruption in class, 6th form Block or library |
Departmental action
Discussion with student Inform tutor Discuss contacting home with subject tutor |
Subject teacher and CL |
| · Continued or larger number of homework/course work not completed
· Continued low level disruption in class, 6th form block |
Meeting with tutor and/or subject teacher or CL including review of 6th form contract
Outcomes noted on Arbor (copy to file) Review date agreed Letter or phone call home |
Form Tutor/ subject teacher or CL |
| · Continuation of the above | Meeting with parents and student.
Agreed contract Discussion of whether 6th Form is the correct environment Verbal / written warning |
Pastoral Sixth Form Lead / Head of Sixth Form |
| · Failure to meet terms of contract | Final written warning
Possible denial of progression into Year 13/ final exam entry Discussion with parents of options other than Manshead 6th Form Consider permanent exclusion |
Head of Sixth Form / SLT Sixth Form Link – School Performance Associate. |
| On rare occasions, students may be involved in serious incidents which will bypass these steps and lead to immediate intervention by the Sixth Form management team. These incidents will be dealt with in the same way as in lower school with fixed-term exclusions being one possible action. | ||
If the decision is made that students will not be allowed to progress into Year 13 or sit their final exams, students or parents might wish to appeal the process and if so, they must do so in writing to the Head Teacher within 10 days of this decision being made.
PUNCTUALITY/UNIFORM PROCEDURE
An informal word with a student should normally be sufficient in the majority of cases, however when a student does not respond and improve their punctuality/uniform, it may be necessary to use a more formal procedure shown below. ALL informal discussion will still need recording on Arbor.
| Issue | Action | Key member of staff |
| · Late into Sixth Form, tutor time and/or lessons
· Not wearing the correct uniform. |
Form tutor action – log on Arbor
Discussion with student 10min Detention afterschool |
Subject teacher, Form tutor. |
| · Continued or larger number of lateness’s/uniform issues
· Non-attendance to 10min detention. |
Meeting with tutor and/or subject teacher or CL including review of 6th form contract
Outcomes noted on Arbor (copy to file) Lunch detention with main school Discuss contacting home with subject tutor |
Form Tutor/ subject teacher or CL |
| · Continuation of the above
· Non-attendance of Lunch detention |
Meeting with parents and student.
Agreed contract Afterschool 1 hour detention Friday 3.10-4.10pm Letter and phone call home |
Pastoral Sixth Form Lead / Head of Sixth Form |
PUNCTUALITY/UNIFORM PROCEDURE
An informal word with a student should normally be sufficient in the majority of cases, however when a student does not respond and improve their punctuality/uniform, it may be necessary to use a more formal procedure shown below. ALL informal discussion will still need recording on Arbor.
| Issue | Action | Key member of staff |
| · Late into Sixth Form, tutor time and/or lessons
· Not wearing the correct uniform. |
Form tutor action – log on Arbor
Discussion with student 10min Detention afterschool |
Subject teacher, Form tutor. |
| · Continued or larger number of lateness’s/uniform issues
· Non-attendance to 10min detention. |
Meeting with tutor and/or subject teacher or CL including review of 6th form contract
Outcomes noted on Arbor (copy to file) Lunch detention with main school Discuss contacting home with subject tutor |
Form Tutor/ subject teacher or CL |
| · Continuation of the above
· Non-attendance of Lunch detention |
Meeting with parents and student.
Agreed contract Afterschool 1 hour detention Friday 3.10-4.10pm Letter and phone call home |
Pastoral Sixth Form Lead / Head of Sixth Form |
ATTENDANCE/FIT TO STUDY PROCEDURE
An informal word with a student should normally be sufficient in the majority of cases, however when a student does not respond and improve their attendance, it may be necessary to use a more formal procedure shown below. ALL informal discussions will still need recording on Arbor, communication with parents.
| Attendance level
|
Action | Key Member of staff |
| Attendance drops below 96% due to unauthorised absence or continued failure to attend tutor time or lessons | Phone call home (recorded on Arbor) | Form tutor |
| Attendance drops below 94% due to unauthorised absence or continued failure to attend tutor time or lessons | Phone call home (recorded on Arbor)
Letter sent home. |
HOY |
| Attendance is below 91% due to unauthorised absence or continued failure to attend tutor time or lessons | Student and tutor meeting, followed by two weeks of monitoring | Form tutor |
| Attendance drops below 80% due to unauthorised absence and no improvement in attendance to tutor time or lessons | Student, Tutor and Parent meeting, with a further two weeks of monitoring | Form tutor- Pastoral Head of Year.
Head of Sixth made aware |
| Attendance drops below 70% due to unauthorised absence and no improvement in attendance to tutor time or lessons | Student, Tutor, Parent and Head of Sixth/Pastoral Head of Year, 4 weeks supervision in OBH with an hour supervised revision in Library after school | Tutor and Pastoral Head of Year / Head of Sixth Form |
| Further days absence and no improvement in attendance to tutor time or lessons | Student, Parent and Head of Sixth and Assistant Head meeting to discuss position in the academy | Head of Sixth and School Performance Associate. |
REWARDS
| Type of Reward | How to achieve | Key member of staff |
| · Driving lessons | If you earn 5 Golden tickets – you will be able to book a lesson during your one of your Independent Study sessions. | Subject teacher, Form tutor. |
| · Student Nominations | Form tutors will nominate a student of the week from the following;
– Punctuality – Effort in lessons – Giving back hour – Behaviour |
Form Tutor/ subject teacher or CL |
| · Breakfast Morning | Once a term, students who have been nominated will attend a reward Breakfast to celebrate their efforts and one will be randomly selected to receive a voucher. | Pastoral Sixth Form Lead / Head of Sixth Form |
INDEPENDENT STUDY Staff – are expected to monitor work, check what students are doing on the computer and manage the noise level. Any student not following instructions will need to be reported on Arbor and given a detention, teachers are expected to be fully engaged with the monitoring of their class during this hour. Independent Study- The expectation is that all pupils should be engaged and working, a register will be taken at the start of the lesson, if you need to access the library you are to inform the staff member on duty. Students should be engaged and working at the tables, or computers. The expectation of students to utilise this time more effectively, teachers will have set work in this time that will either extend from the lesson they have just completed or contribute to upcoming lessons. This could be such work as; We are continually looking to stretch and challenge students further with their knowledge in their subject(s) this will prove to be a benefit to their progress and subsequently their grades.
