Behaviour Expectations

Every day and every lesson: classroom routines and expectations

Uniform

  • Tutors are responsible for a morning uniform check
  • Always stop a pupil
  • Make sure that it is addressed before they move on
  • No entry to lesson without appropriate uniform
  • No dismissal from lesson without appropriate uniform

Lesson Start

  • Actively monitor the corridor and address any behaviour that does not meet expectations: orderly and calm transitions
  • Be highly visible at the door and control entry: uniform check
  • Warm welcome and praise pupils as they arrive
  • Have a ‘do now’ activity ready, visible and accessible
  • Complete formal register – insist on silence
  • Pupils who arrive late (more than five mins after the start of the lesson): always a class teacher detention. If previous teacher has detained a pupil, make sure they have a ‘Out of Learning’ card

Lesson organisation

  • We direct where a pupil sits in a lesson. Pupils are always organised according to learning needs (not friendship or pacification)
  • It is always accordingly to a pre-planned seating plan with a clear rationale.
  • Equipment out on the desk – including planner
  • Expected equipment: pens, pencils, ruler, calculator (for lessons where it is appropriate) and planner
  • Pupils DO NOT leave a lesson unless in exceptional circumstances. Any pupil out of a lesson must have a corridor pass or ‘Temporary Out of Learning’ pass.

Fundamental learner expectations – STAR

  • Sit-up
  • Track the speaker
  • Answer and Ask questions (no hands-up, unless asking a question)
  • Respect for the teacher and for your peers

Presentation

  • Line-off (with ruler) previous work
  • Date in top-right and underlined with a ruler
  • Underlined title with a ruler
  • Diagrams / tables / graphs in pencil – use ruler where appropriate.
  • Write in black pen only
  • Mistakes neatly crossed out
  • Home learning is clearly labelled
  • When expectations have not been met – do it again.

End of lesson

  • In good time – no rushing – calm, organised and orderly
  • Teacher checks + pupils tidy the room
  • Stand behind chairs ready for dismissal
  • Uniform check
  • Visible by the door
  • Dismiss in sections and only when instructed – calm and orderly
  • Praise, reward and positivity where pupils have met expectations
  • Remain by the door – monitor the corridor and arrival