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At Sir Robert Geffery’s School, we are very fortunate to have a supportive and friendly parent body. Our parents recognise that educating children is a process that involves partnership between parents, class teachers and the school community.
As a partnership, our parents will understand the importance of a good working relationship to equip children with the necessary skills for adulthood. For these reasons we continue to welcome and encourage parents/carers to participate fully in the life of our school.
When a family first joins us here at school, we ask parents to sign a simple Home School Agreement that supports our positive working together from the outset. We also have a Parent Code of Conduct Policy, the purpose of which is to provide a reminder to all parents, carers and visitors to our school about the expected conduct. This is so we can continue to flourish, progress and achieve in an atmosphere of mutual understanding.
Ethos
At Sir Robert Geffery’s School, we ensure that through our school vision, values, rules, diverse curriculum and teaching we promote tolerance and respect for all cultures, faiths and lifestyles. The governing body also ensures that this ethos is reflected and implemented effectively in school policy and practice and that there are effective risk assessments in place to safeguard and promote students’ welfare.
We have a duty to prepare our children for life in modern Britain and to keep them safe.
Pupils who attend our school have the right to learn in safety. We do not tolerate bullying of any kind and will challenge derogatory language and behaviour towards others.
Guidance
As well as following the guidance set out in our Home-School Agreement, we expect parents, carers and visitors to:
- Respect the caring, inclusive Christian ethos of our school.
- Understand that both teachers and parents need to work together for the benefit of their children.
- Demonstrate that all members of the school community should be treated with respect and therefore set a good example in their own speech and behaviour.
- Seek to clarify a child’s version of events with the school’s view in order to bring about a peaceful solution to any issue.
- Correct own child’s behaviour especially in public where it could otherwise lead to conflict, aggressive behaviour or unsafe behaviour.
- Approach the school to help resolve any issues of concern.
- Remember when and where it is appropriate to approach school staff.
- Park carefully and in good time for the safety of the children, yourself and all road users, by avoiding parking on corners or blocking resident’s drives.
- Parents are expected to respect the Christian ethos of the school by setting a good example in their own speech and behaviour towards all members of the school Community both on school premises and in its immediate area.
Please note that the school cannot tolerate parents, carers and visitors exhibiting the following:
- Disruptive behaviour which interferes or threatens to interfere with the operation of a classroom, an employee’s office, office area or any other area of the school grounds including team matches.
- Use loud or offensive language, swearing, cursing, using profane language or displaying temper.
- Threatening to do actual bodily harm to a member of school staff, Governor, visitor, fellow parent/carer or pupil regardless of whether the behaviour constitutes a criminal offence.
- Damaging or destroying school property.
- Abusive or threatening e-mails or text/voicemail/phone messages or other written communication.
- Defamatory, offensive or derogatory comments regarding the school or any of the pupils/parent/staff, at the school on Facebook or other social sites. (See Appendix 1). Any concerns you may have about the school must be made through the appropriate channels by speaking to the class teacher, the Headteacher or the Chair of Governors, so they can be dealt with fairly, appropriately and effectively for all concerned.
- Photographs taken at school events, which include other children, must never be put on Facebook or other social network sites.
- The use of physical or verbal aggression towards another adult or child.
- Approaching someone else’s child in order to discuss or chastise them because of the actions of this child towards their own child. (Such an approach to a child may be seen to be an assault on that child and may have legal consequences).
- Smoking and consumption of alcohol or other drugs whilst on school property.
- Entering the school building or grounds whilst under the influence of alcohol or other substances.
- Dogs being brought on to school premises.
Should any of the above behaviour occur on school premises, the school may feel it is necessary to contact the appropriate authorities and, if necessary, even ban the offending adult from entering the school grounds. Obviously, this is something that we do our best to avoid. We would expect that parents would make all persons responsible for collecting children aware of this guidance.
We trust that parents and carers will assist our school with the implementation of this policy and guidance and we thank you for your continuing support of the school.
Monitoring and Review
June 2023