Mandeville Primary School

Gayhurst schools. Mandeville, Kingsmead and Gayhurst schools have come together to form the LEAP federation (Learning, Education, Arts Partnership) which now has one Governing Body. Go to the School Governors page on our website, where you will find details of each governors’ terms of office, committee memberships and a Register of Interests.

Our school curriculum (including PDFs of curriculum overviews for each year group) provided in the Teaching and Learning section of our website. You will also find information here about  how we adapt our curriculum and learning environment for children with Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities. Our Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCo), if child has a Special Educational Need or Disability and / or you would like more information. Alternatively, emails can be directed to [email protected]

You can find the following shared LEAP policies: Behaviour policy, Safeguarding policy, Child Protection procedures, Special Educational Needs Disability policy. At Mandeville we take pride in the high standards of good behaviour that our children exhibit in and around the school. We believe that good behaviour and respect for each other and our surroundings ensure a calm and productive atmosphere in which to learn. In order to achieve this the school operates a system called "Stay on Green". This system ensures that children are rewarded for good behaviour and that positive behaviour management techniques are used consistently by all staff. We have very high expectations concerning behaviour and hope to develop children’s understanding of the impact of choices they make, whether positive or negative.

Good behaviour and achievement is not automatically learned. Instead, positive behaviours must be modelled, explained, taught, supported and recognised. The expectations are designed to focus on positive action (I like the way you are walking sensibly) rather than what children should not do (do not run).  The expectations are agreed actions so that there is consistency and fairness in all areas of school life. Positive behaviour language is used by all staff to reinforce the approval of children doing the right thing and not to constantly address those who do not. All children are encouraged to 'stay on green' and are rewarded for doing so with golden time at the end of the week.  For those who do not do the right thing there are a series of warnings and sanctions that aim to allow them to correct their bad behaviour and make better choices next time.

The school rules are displayed in all classrooms and communal areas and each classroom or learning space will have stay on green charts which show at any point on any day how each child is doing. Each child has an individual pocket with their name on it. Broadly speaking this is the system that operates school wide although there are slightly differing systems in place for children of different ages. The aim is to keep a green card in the pocket and to ‘stay on green’.

If a child has had a verbal warning from a teacher and not improved their behaviour they will be put on a blue card where the aim is to be moved back to green in order to earn your golden time, according to age they will then spend 5 minutes on the class time out chair. If on return to the class activity the child still continues with the behaviour they will be put on a yellow card which means time out in another class. The final stage of sanction if a child fails to correct their behaviour would be a red card at which point the headteacher or an assistant head are involved. The senior leader will write a letter home to the parent and record details of the incident in a central record. All red cards are analysed on a termly basis and patterns of certain types of behaviour are collated and used to inform ongoing practice, inclusion support and curriculum practice for that individual. Three red cards means a meeting with parents and child is held and six red cards means a one day exclusion from school.

In cases of violence or extreme behaviour that puts staff, children or the child themselves at risk, the child will go straight to a red card without going through the system. The ultimate sanction is exclusion from school for a period of days (temporary exclusion) or permanently. Rewards for good behaviour and attitude to learning aremany and varied.  They begin with praise and are reinforced with stickers, certificates, postcards home, phone calls from the teacher and whole school recognition in the form of a ‘Golden Award' medal and name in the newsletter. There are whole class rewards when classes fill a button jar or achieve a specific target and these are rewarded with a class picnic, cinema trip or other treat chosen by the class.