Our key principles are to:
• Enable all members of the school to be self-respecting, responsible and positive individuals with an enthusiasm for learning
• Encourage respect for all members of the community, such that every individual feels valued within a culture of tolerance and creativity
• Create a happy, safe and secure learning environment where the well-being of all is paramount and within which all can learn, develop their talents and achieve their very best
Queen Elizabeth’s aims to meet the needs of all members of our community by establishing standards of behaviour based on respect. We aim to promote an ethos that sets out high expectations of all students through developing high self-esteem in an inclusive community.
We aim to ‘teach’ students how to choose appropriate, responsible behaviour. It is our belief that a positive, assertive style of behaviour management can do this.
Students should feel safe, think through the consequences of their behaviour and be able to learn without being disrupted by others.
Queen Elizabeth’s aims to empower students by preparing them for a life beyond education. We therefore reserve the right to apply all aspects of this policy to students recognisable as QE students (not just by their uniform) even if they are outside of the school grounds or outside the usual hours of attendance.
Consistency is hard to achieve, but this is key when creating an effective learning environment. Students are less likely to push the boundaries if they know that what is expected of them will remain constant throughout the day: from one classroom to the next; one teacher to the next; one subject to the next; one learning environment to the next.
A positive learning environment is best maintained through focussing on and giving positive reinforcement of good behaviours and not through a confrontational approach to negative behaviours. At Queen Elizabeth’s we recognise this through the effective use of our staged reward and sanctions systems.
Staff make a commitment to ‘catch students being good’ as often as possible and reinforce this through non-verbal and verbal acknowledgement and praise, as well as using some of the more formal rewards available.
Staff also make a commitment to deal indirectly with some negative behaviours in this fashion too. An off-task student can often be redirected through praise of a neighbouring student who is working and behaving appropriately. When staff do feel the need to resort to formal warnings and staged sanctions they are committed to doing so in a calm, non-confrontational and professional manner at all times.
The aims of Ready to Learn are:
Ready to Learn is a whole school system which relies on all staff using it in a fair and consistent way.
QE Academy Trust A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales No. 07562194
Registered Office - Western Road, Crediton, Devon, EX17 3LU Tel: 01363 773 401