Behaviour and Attitudes
We are very proud of all of our Students and their behaviour, conduct and attitude when they are in school and in the community.
Our Rewards and Consequences system is designed to reward positive behaviours and motivate our students and also encourages reflection and restoration in the rare event of any negative incident.
Horizon School Rewards and Consequence System
Reward |
Stage |
Consequence |
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| Behaviour displayed from student | Action from staff |
1. |
Behaviour displayed from student | Action from staff |
|
Learning behaviours that are: Considerate Aspirational Resilient Endeavouring |
Verbal recognition or positive feedback in marking – positive points | Being off task | Prompt/encouragement/verbal warning | |
| Learning behaviour that goes beyond what has been asked | Positive points awarded – class teacher to contact home for positive call |
2. |
Further disengagement |
Further warning – points affected
Points to be reviewed and explained at the end of each lesson |
| Constantly good learning behaviours in all lessons which results in good progress | Commendation from class teacher and positive points – eligibility for 2pm reward each day |
3. |
Disrupting the learning of others due to unacceptable behaviour, bad language. |
Negative points and ineligibility for daily reward after school and lunch
Reflection time replaces reward
Contact home from class teacher |
| Excellent records for attendance, punctuality and behaviour across each half term |
Eligibility for latest reward experience (every half term)
Possible referral to IYFA Panel for reintegration to mainstream. |
4. |
Repeated unacceptable behaviour and not meeting the expectations of staff |
Refer to SLT and further reflection – SLT contact home-
Loss of daily reward, ineligibility for half termly reward
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| Constantly making a significant contribution to school, excellent records for attendance, punctuality and behaviour and going above and beyond expectations each day |
Commendation from Headteacher – further reward.
Possible referral to IYFA Panel for reintegration to mainstream. |
5. |
Serious behaviour incidents: smoking, violence, threatening behaviour, repeated bad language, repeated refusal to follow instructions of staff, endangering self and others. |
Refer to SLT. FTE and parental meeting arranged
For any behaviour that endangers students or staff, Team Teach techniques may be applied to safeguard all students and staff |
Suspension Trends
| Year | Number of Fixed Term Suspensions | Number of Days Suspended |
| 2017/18 | 78 | 251 |
| 2018/19 | 54 | 123 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 0 | 0 |
Our Suspension (Fixed Term suspension/exclusion) data demonstrates the real impact of our reward and consequence system and students engage brilliantly in their learning. We are also proud to state that we have had 0 permanent exclusions from Horizon in 4 academic years.