Behaviour Attitudes

Behaviour in the classroom

In the classroom, students are judged using the ‘Steps 2 Success’ criteria. This is a lesson by lesson record of how students are conducting their learning behaviours. Good schools help children behave (Tom Bennett) and has a school we need to consistently teach behaviour. Staff are therefore expected to teach the behaviours of ‘Steps to Success’ as an integral part of their lesson, so the students are clear of the expectations of the classroom. Teachers are expected to teach and narrate the scripts for the learning behaviours we desire at BSCA so students can achieve their excellence:

• Focus & Engagement
• Pace & Purpose
• Care & Consideration
• Sustain & Maintain

In the classroom environment, good behaviours are coveyed through the Steps to Success criteria shown below. These are the behaviours we know develop a successful learner at BSCA allow students to achieve their excellence. Students are expected to meet the minimum requirement of ‘Accepting the Challenge’ in every lesson and desired to achieve a ‘Determination to Succeed.’

Students are awarded a numeric value in every lesson using the following criteria: 

1. Determination to Succeed if they are achieving their excellence
2. Accept the Challenge if they meet the standards of the classroom. This is the minimum expectation
3. Lost Learning if they are not yet achieving the learning behaviours we desire
4. Selfish if their behaviours are disrupting their learning or the learning of others
5. Disrespectful if there is a severe breach of school values or code of conduct

Teachers should accept the criteria as it stands and apply this accurately and consistently throughout their practice. By entering accurate scores, we are sending a collective and strong message about the high expectations at BSCA. This makes us stronger together. Parents will receive the S2S scores throughout the year in half termly interim reports and in the end of year report. S2S scores will be reported via subject average and separate subject scores.

Redline Behaviour

The concept of the ‘red line’ has been devised to signal to students that a member of staff has a serious concern about a student’s behaviour and to give students an opportunity to self-regulate before an incident escalates into something more serious. A ‘red line’ may be given when a student severely breaches the school values. When the ‘red line’ has been crossed the ‘on call’ member of staff should be contacted to take the student out of the situation. Red line behaviours are:

• Swearing at others
• Racial/ homophobic/ Sexist comments/ harassment
• Throwing objects or deliberate damage to equipment/ school property
• Physical violence
• Failed buddy room for Persistent Disruptive Behaviour
• Deliberate refusal to follow the BSCA uniform and appearance code
• Deliberate damage of school or another student’s property
• Defiance – persistent refusal to follow staff instruction

Very often it is the secondary behaviours of students that escalate situations. It is therefore essential all staff remain calm and consistent and ensure certainty of consequence when dealing with a student who is on the verge of crossing a red line.

Positive framing language and strategy should be used to reinforce that we want the student to achieve their excellence by making the right choice. It should highlighted to the students that no second person or compromise will be accepted.

Behaviour Care Cards

Behaviour outside the classroom is operated by our CARE CARD strategy

At the start of the academic year parents and carers are asked to sign a return a copy of the home/academy agreement. We ask parents, students and a member of staff at the school to sign the document to show that we are working together. With this in mind, we have introduced the use of care cards to promote the standards / expectations of students and the academy values outside the classroom environment. Students are allocated a green (positive care card) and pink (sanction care card) card each at the start of each half term.

Positive care cards

These care cards have been introduced so that all students are rewarded for going above and beyond. Whenever a student shows a random act of kindness or shows care, their green care cards are signed by a member of staff. When a student completes their green care card – they receive five care points. These are linked directly to our school vision ‘As a family, at the heart of our local community, we care for each other’. It remains the responsibility of the from tutor to input the CARE points onto the Sims system.