The Archbishop Lanfranc School

The school’s discipline policy is intended to:

• facilitate the smooth running of the school
• provide an ordered environment which facilitates learning
• engender respect for self, others and their property
• engender respect for the environment
• achieve self-discipline
• develop an awareness and acceptance of personal responsibility
• ensure the safety of self and others

The vast majority of pupils behave well and conform readily to the school’s requirements.  For those who on occasions do not there is a range of sanctions:

• after school detention (45 minutes duration with 24 hours notice to parents) for pupils who produce inadequate work, misbehave or are late
• Saturday morning detention (3 hours duration with 7 days notice to parents) for persistent offenders or extreme cases
• referral to an off-site unit for very serious breaches of discipline including for example fighting, bullying, racial or sexual abuse
• permanent exclusion when even referral has failed to result in improved behaviour and where there are repeated serious infringements of school discipline

In most cases extreme sanctions such as referral/exclusion would not be employed prior to the involvement of parents in attempting to resolve whatever difficulties exist.