Alsager Sixth Form take a measured and supportive approach to upholding the high standards expected of students. The process of this is detailed below and ensures that the sixth form is a safe environment for all students, providing the structure required for students to conduct themselves in a manner that is conducive with current and future success.
| LEVEL | CRITERIA | RESPONSE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | All work up to date • Regular engagement with independent learning in all subjects. • Attends on time for all lessons. • Consistently following sixth form dress code. • Engagement with sixth form and wider communities, e.g. mentoring/tutoring, volunteering and enrichment (societies and guest speaker programme). | Letter/postcard sent home celebrating success. • Student success celebrated during mentoring and assemblies • Students qualify for flexibility over study periods. • First refusal on any enrichment opportunities. | |
| YELLOW ALERT – stage 1 | • Passive approach to learning in lessons or independent study periods. • Missed deadline for homework/coursework. • Unprepared with the required equipment/book/folder. • Instance of truancy (being in school but absent from a lesson/independent study without permission) • Lateness to lessons/independent study sessions. • Inappropriate use of time in sixth form. • Failure to wear ID badge. • Breach of the school’s IT policy, e.g. inappropriate internet searches. • Failure to follow sixth form dress code. | Student has conversation with member of staff affected and /or tutor and arrange restorative action. • Incident entered with negative BFL code – 3 x negative codes will result in an after school detention. • Yellow alert logged on CPOMs (Tutor, Director of Sixth Form and SLT link notified). • Review of student status after 2 weeks | If all parties concerned are satisfied that the necessary changes/actions have taken place within a two-week period, the student will return to Green Status. If not, the student will move to Orange Alert. |
| ORANGE ALERT- stage 2 | Disruptive approach to learning in lessons or independent study periods. • Failure to make necessary changes following Yellow Alert. • Failure to attend after school detention. • Repeated lateness to lessons/independent study sessions. • Failure to hand in work/meet coursework deadlines. • Antisocial behaviour in sixth form impacting on students or staff. • Breach of the IT Policy causing serious inconvenience to others or damage to the Sixth Form systems/services | Formal verbal warning from Director of Sixth Form. • Orange Alert logged on CPOMs (Tutor, Director of Sixth Form and SLT link notified). • Orange alert letter sent home Student to have a formal interview with Director of Sixth Form – targets to be set and reviewed by tutor. • Headteacher detention. | If all parties concerned are satisfied that the necessary changes/actions have taken place within the planned time period, the student will return to Green Status. If not, the student will move to Red Alert. |
| RED ALERT – stage 3 | Failure to make necessary changes following Orange Alert • Failure to disclose identity when reasonably requested for it or giving incorrect information • Swearing or verbal abuse directed at students or staff • Being in possession of vaping or smoking paraphernalia on site. • Vaping or smoking on site. • Misuse or damage to sixth form property. • Failure to comply with the driving policy. • Viewing inappropriate material online. | Possible fixed term exclusion • Letter home informing parents/carers of red alert. • Appointment for formal meeting of students and their parent/carer with senior staff • Learner Agreement with action plan and time scale for change put in place, with learner, parents/carers & school given clear targets and responsibilities. • Review date agreed | If all parties concerned are satisfied that the necessary changes/actions have taken place within the planned time period, the student will return to Green Status. If not, the student will move to Red Alert. |
| RISK OF LOSING PLACE IN SIXTH FORM | Failure to make necessary changes following Red Alert Learner Agreement. • Physical abuse or threat of physical abuse. • Harassment or discriminatory behaviour. • Victimisation and criminal activity including possession or use of drugs and alcohol, theft and violence. • Deliberate damage to School property • Serious violation of the school’s rules and procedures concerning Health and Safety Serious violation of the IT Policy • Damaging the reputation of the school and sixth form. • Repeated failure to comply with sixth form rules, policies, warnings or code of conduct. | Investigation by Director of Sixth Form. • Fixed term exclusion. • Referral to Headteacher. • Referral to the Police (criminal activity). • Student completes a managed move to another institution. • Permanent exclusion. |
