At Roxbourne, we have high expectations for behaviour and conduct. This is to ensure that children maximise their learning and school experience and thus go on to experience a life of choice and opportunity.

Guiding Principles

A number of principles underpin our practice to ensure that pupils are safe and ready to learn. These are listed below.

We praise first, especially when pupils go above and beyond:

• Verbal praise - specific and precise, focused on things that the pupil can control (e.g. “I love how you were the first person to finish writing the date and learning objective” not “you’re a good boy”);
• Written praise;
• A Value Certificate;
• Specialist Teacher Certificates;
• House Points;
• An email home;
• A cheer or class celebration.

We use the language of choice and always focus on the behaviour not the pupil:

• You are:
• I need you to:
• If you choose not to:
• Its disappointing that you chose:
• You can choose to ____ or _____:

We deliver consequences in a calm and off-stage way:

• We never shout;
• We use the Art of the Consequence, a way of giving consequences that “successfully changes student behaviour and avoids a downward spiral where behaviour actually gets worse in response to a consequence”;
• We are emotionally neutral;
• We don’t humiliate.

To read more about how we set and maintain such high expectations for behaviour and conduct, please read our Behaviour Policy located here.