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Relationship Management Policy

At Discovery College, the quality of relationships across our school community will be a strong determinant of our overall success.

The interrelationships between students, staff (teaching and non teaching) and parents must be open, honest and respectful and have the achievement of the student and the well- being of all parties at their core.

All parties i.e. students, staff (teaching and non teaching) and parents must accept they have a role to play in the development and maintenance of these relationships.

The quality of these relationships will be reflected in the outcomes for students.

Procedures:

  • Behaviour Management Procedures including Bullying/Duty/Classroom based
  • Complaints/Grievances
  • Harassment
  • Recognition of achievements (staff and students)

Behaviour Management Procedures
Classroom/Playground duty/Trips/Excursions

We will adopt a Restorative Approach to managing behaviour at Discovery College.

A Restorative Approach prioritises restoring harm done to relationships over the apportioning of blame and dispensing of punishment.

A Restorative Approach means that for any situation requiring intervention of staff and/or student mediators we are working to ensure that all parties:

  1. Acknowledge their role in the incident
  2. Take responsibility for their actions
  3. Understand the impact of their actions
  4. Be part of the solution (where possible)

We will encourage this through the use of a consistent line of questioning (which may differ slightly for primary and secondary students – in language only)

  1. Tell me what happened?
  2. What were you thinking (and feeling) when this happened?
  3. Who is/was affected by your actions and how?
  4. What needs to happen now? How do we put this right?

A Restorative Approach does not preclude the use of other consequences that may be, but are not restricted to:

  • Verbal warnings
  • Meetings with teachers/VP/HoS/HoP
  • Exclusion from participation in events
  • Referral to appropriate support agencies
  • Reflections - during / after school
  • Exclusion from school
  • Loss of privileges
  • Verbal and/or written apologies
  • Appointments with Social Worker
  • Parent meetings
  • Parents informed
  • Students sent home early

Anti-Bullying Procedures

  1. Bullying is the abuse of a relationship.
  2. Bullying is a type of behaviour that needs to be managed.
  3. Bullying is ongoing, unwanted behaviour on the part of the victim.
  4. It can take a variety of forms - verbal, physical and cyber
  5. Therefore, a Restorative Approach is appropriate in that we seek the same outcomes as for other behaviour management, through a similar line of questioning.
  6. We also overlay a No Blame Approach in the first instance that attempts to resolve the issue without laying blame on any of the parties involved.

As above, all parties must:

  1. Acknowledge their role in the incident
  2. Take responsibility for their actions
  3. Understand the impact of their actions (encourage empathy)
  4. Be part of the solution (build tolerance and respect)

We encourage this through the use of a consistent line of questioning:

  1. Tell me what happened?
    • seeking to understand all parties' views on the incident
  2. What were you thinking (and feeling) when this happened?
    • encourage empathy for and understanding of others
  3. Who was affected by your actions and how?
    • take responsibility / understanding of the effect of own actions
  4. What needs to happen now?
    • be part of the solution (where possible)

Implications for staff on daily basis

  1. All staff are responsible for managing behaviour for all students.
  2. Students must understand that all staff (EA's, support staff, teachers and management) have the right to question them about any behaviour / actions that are inappropriate.
  3. All inappropriate behaviour must be addressed in a consistent way (conceptually) across the College
  4. There must always be an appropriate consequence(s) for undesirable behaviour
  5. All staff will be expected to use the line of questioning outlined in the procedures when dealing with any incidents of inappropriate behaviour at any time during the school day or a school trip
 
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