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The discipline policy at the English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College promotes good relations between different communities (Ems, 2012). The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College does not allow bullying in its compound. The school considers bullying to be a form of intimidation that results from the use of physical power to harm the less dominant individual. Bullying is a serious breach of the school’s standards of behaviour. Sanctions are given according to the seriousness of the bullying incident.
The school also informs the bully why the sanction has been given so that they can understand the decision of the school (Ems, 2012). The school believes that they should take account of individual needs and circumstances when implementing behaviour policies. However, the school recognizes that students with special education need not to be admonished for failing to follow the school rules and regulations. Good behaviour practice involves the ability of students to keep instructions and be able to clarify the understanding.
Disabled students should not be subjected to the behaviour policy. The student has made adjustments in the application of rules to these students because most of them lack the capacity to make informed choices and need to be assisted. The school further makes special educational provision for students whose behaviour related learning difficulties call for it to be made. Furthermore, the school policy ensures that teachers’ roles in school discipline matters are in line with the national agreement raising standards and tickling workload and workload modelling agenda.
This ensures that there is due recognition of enhanced roles of parents and other stakeholders so that all responsibilities are left to the teachers. Support policy Behavioural research demands that the school administration helps the students in achieving the desirable behaviour at school and at home. The school has come up with the pastoral system aimed at providing advice to both individuals and groups in order to regulate behaviour. These measures involve non violent means of regulations behaviour.
The school has a highly experienced team of house heads who lead deputy heads of house in order to provide daily pastoral care for their students. The concerned head of house is the first point of contact when students and parents wish to raise issues of concern. In addition, the school has come up with the home school liaison officer that gives specialized advice and support to individual students and families. The learning support unit ensures that students improve behaviour and learning. The recommendations of behavioural research demand that each and every school comes up with ways aimed at motivating students in their learning which, in turn, improves behaviour.
The school has been able to provide motivational support to students through special educational needs department. This department charged with ensuring that students at the school feel motivated to learn so that they can improve on their behaviour. Recommendations of behavioural research demand that schools should put in place measures aimed at achieving success. It is the responsibility of the English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College to ensure that students are accorded opportunities to achieve success.
Success can be achieved through the understanding that it encompasses the success of all students and that
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