School Rules

NEW BUILDING

1. Displays are placed on notice boards and poster frames provided.

2. No Blu tack or pins on walls.

3. No drawing pins on woodwork (especially the doors).

4. Chewing gum is not eaten inside the building to protect carpets.

5. Chewing gum is disposed of in the bins provided.

6. The carpets and upholstery are protected from unnecessary wear.

7. No engraving on desks.

SMART CARDS

All staff, students and visitors will be provided with smart cards. These will act as identity cards for those on the college site and will need to be visible at all times. Students losing their cards or leaving their cards at home will be issued with temporary cards and charged for replacements if necessary.

ACCESS TO THE COLLEGE

Students will enter College under the linking bridge. To the left of the entrance will be the student reception (often called the “Porter’s Lodge”), due mid-November.  Initially the temporary student reception will be small but this will be expanded during the next stage of development. Students and staff will enter and leave the college site through turnstiles that register attendance. Staff and students will use smart cards to operate the turnstiles.

ACCESS TO FOOD

Smart cards will also provide the basis of the payment system for food and snacks at the canteens. This is designed to ensure that parents are assured that students take food as expected. Parents and tutors will be able to receive a report on the students’ eating habits.  Money can be charged to the cards at specified locations.

CLASSROOMS

All rooms are provided with a telephone.

HEATING

The heating is computer-controlled using independent classroom thermostats.

VENTILATION

All classrooms have forced ventilation. This operates automatically when the room is occupied. The bottom windows are locked. The top windows can be opened.  In normal weather conditions there should be no need to open the windows.

In addition, some rooms have additional cooling systems that are operated from within the individual classrooms.

LIGHTING

All classrooms have automatic lighting. Once the lighting is switched on the lighting will stay on while there is movement in the room.  When the room is vacated the lighting will switch off after a fixed period. The lighting has been arranged so that the units adjacent to the whiteboard can be switched off to limit the glare from the whiteboard surface.

ACOUSTICS

The rooms have been designed to provide good acoustics for teaching. This acoustic performance is best when the teacher stands close to the whiteboard wall of the room with the tables arranged as provided.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PUPILS

1. Arrive at college and to lessons punctually.

2. Work hard at each activity in the day.

3. Allow others to learn by following instructions, listening at all times and coming fully equipped for each activity.

4. Be polite and show respect to all people, property and your environment.

5. Move around the college sensibly and quietly, remembering to keep to the left hand side.

RULES

Some basic rules to be followed at all times:

1. Students must follow the procedure for entering and leaving the college.

2. Correct uniform should be worn at all times, coats and bags being stored in your locker during the day.

3. Only eat in the designated areas.  Chewing gum is not allowed.

4. Discreet make-up may be worn using natural tones.

5. Jewellery, extreme hairstyles, cut or colour are not permitted.

6. Mobile ‘phones are not to be brought into the college.

7. The college is a no smoking zone. Smoking is not allowed on the site or on the way to and from college.