PARENT'S HANDBOOK 2011-12 - Sunbury Manor School

ANTI-BULLYING POLICYGovernors’ Statement of Principals1. Sunbury Manor School is a safe, friendly and courteous community that provides for “thespiritual, cultural, social and moral development of all”. We “recognise the worth of eachindividual” and “demonstrate our shared values in the way that we work with, and behavetowards others”.2. We recognise our responsibility in providing a safe and happy environment that is essential toachieving school improvement, raising achievement and attendance, promoting equality anddiversity and ensuring the safety and well-being of our school community.ASSEMBLIESStudents have 2 year group assemblies per week – one led by their Progress Manager and one by theLeadership Team. Staff and students are involved in the preparation and leadership of these. The schoolcalendar shows the theme each week for assemblies and tutor time. Assemblies start at 8.30 a.m. andfinish at 8.50 a.m.ATTENDANCE / REGISTRATION PROCEDURES100% attendance is required for students to make progress and achieve their full potential. At SunburyManor we strive to work in partnership to ensure that the correct procedures are followed in order toproduce positive records for attendance. The school day starts on the first bell at 8.25 a.m. whenstudents should go straight to their registration classroom.Registration times:8.30 – 8.50 a.m.3.00 – 3.10 p.m.Students must attend registration in their tutor group.Students should be in tutor group by 8.30 a.m.Students who are late for either tutor registration or assembly must sign in at the main office.Students will be signed into the late book and given a late card, which they should show onarriving to lesson. If a student does not have a card they should be sent back to the main officeto sign in.Students who fail to sign in will be marked as absent and parents will be phoned at home orwork to explain the student’s absence.It is the responsibility of the student to sign in and prevent phone calls home.Parents of students who are persistently late or frequently absent will be telephoned daily todiscuss the reason for this. In cases where attendance and lateness do not improve parents willbe invited to attend a meeting in school and may be referred to the Education Welfare Officer.Tutors will register their tutor group on PARS and close their register by 8.50 a.m. Any studentsarriving after this time must be signed in by the Inclusion Office. This will enable swift contactwith parents in cases where students are absent without explanation.Teachers should send the names of students who are truanting from their lesson to the inclusionoffice as soon as possible. This will support them in tackling internal truancy and informingparents and Progress Managers as soon as possible. The Progress Managers and the On Callteacher will make spot checks.On assembly days, students must sign in with their tutor prior to going into the assembly,normally in their tutor room. If a student is late to assembly they should wait outside the3