At Wanstead High we believe that all members of our school community; staff, school leaders, pupils and parents/carers, have a shared responsibility in promoting and sustaining the highest standards of behaviour and character.  We have three simple but important rules that are in place to keep our school community and environment safe, calm and purposeful.

BE READY, BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE 

In partnership with parents and carers, we aim to support pupils in the development of desirable behaviours and character virtues which will support their success whilst at school and beyond, as they become adults. Wanstead High is a recent member of the Association of Character Education and in the last academic year pupils and staff have spent time exploring different virtues as outlined in the Jubilee Framework for Character Education.

In the summer term, staff and pupils voted for virtues that they believed we should aspire to demonstrate every day. These virtues also inform our shared identity as proud members of Wanstead High School. 

Wanstead High Character Virtues

INTEGRITY, CURIOSITY, RESPECT, SERVICE, TEAMWORK

Please take time to read through our school behaviour policy, which seeks to communicate a set of behavioural principles, expectations, standards and systems which are understood and adhered to by all within our school community.

Our aims

• To build and nurture an inclusive learning community which values kindness, mutual trust, respect and compassion for others; a community which celebrates diversity and is strengthened by its focus on positive and supportive relationships.
• To create and uphold a culture of exceptional behaviour which underpins exceptional learning and development, where all demonstrate the highest standards of work, behaviour and character.
• To ensure that all pupils, but especially those who have additional vulnerabilities, have access to the highest levels of support, so that they may thrive personally and academically within a culture of high expectation.
• To help pupils to develop their self-regulation, so that they take control and responsibility over their own behaviour and learning, and are accountable for their actions and decisions. 
• To work collaboratively with parents/carers, other professionals and the wider community, in order to teach pupils what exceptional behaviour and character looks, feels and sounds like; in different roles, contexts and environments, to enable pupils to aspire to this at all times.

Mobile Phone Policy

At Wanstead High no pupils are allowed to use or have in sight their mobile phones whilst in lessons or when moving around the school site. We currently have a tiered approach as to how this is managed, which is reviewed each year.

Mobile phone expectations and daily procedures: Key Stage 3 – Key Stage 4 (Years 7–11)

• Pupils are not permitted to have a mobile phone on their person at any time during the school day, including during school trips and visits (unless explicitly authorised as part of the trip or visit arrangements).
• All pupils in Years 7 to 11 are required to hand in their mobile phones during morning registration (8:40am–9:00am), or immediately upon arrival if they arrive after this time. They are not permitted to use their mobile phone on the school site prior to handing in their mobile phone.
• Mobile phones will be returned to pupils at the end of the school day during afternoon registration (3:10pm–3:15pm), or at the end of detention if one has been issued. They are not permitted to use their mobile phone until they have left the school site.
• This policy applies to all types of mobile phones, regardless of make or model, including smartphones and basic phones designed solely for calls and texts (often referred to as “brick phones”).
• Standard Operating Procedures will be shared with staff to ensure this is a consistent routine in every classroom.  This is critical to the success of the policy.

Arrival and Collection Expectations

On arrival at school, pupils must ensure that their mobile phones are:

• Switched off
• Stored securely in their bags

Until they are collected during registration.

Following redistribution, phones must again be:

• Switched off
• Kept in their bags

Until they leave the school site.

Mobile phones must not be used, seen, or heard on the school site at any point outside of the designated hand-in and redistribution times. Expectations, along with associated consequences and sanctions, apply as soon as pupils enter the school site and until they leave.

Late Arrival Procedure

If a pupil arrives late to school, they will be:

• Collected by a member of staff from the main reception
• Escorted to pupil reception
• Required to hand in their mobile phone
• Issued with their school ID lanyard

Consequences of non-compliance 

In line with our Behaviour Policy, if a pupil fails to hand in their mobile phone, and they are found to be using it on the school site or on an external school activity for any reason except for handing it in and packing it away at redistribution, then the following consequences will apply:

Mobile phone confiscation 

• If a mobile phone is seen or discovered on a pupil during the school day, staff will confiscate the device immediately.
• The phone will be held in school for a period of two weeks, with no exceptions. 
• Parents/carers are responsible for making suitable alternative arrangements if they rely on the device for communication or tracking purposes before and after school.
• Parents/carers will be required to collect the phone at the end of the two-week period.
• If a phone is confiscated shortly before the start of a school holiday, the device will be retained by the school for the duration of the holiday period.

Please find our full policy within the policy section of this website: Wanstead High School - Policies 

 

KS5- Year 12 and 13 – Use in 6^th Form Centre Only

Pupils in Year 12 and 13 are allowed to use their phones in the 6^th form centre only. If found to be out or used across the site, they will be confiscated and parents/carers will need to collect them to be returned.

If this becomes a persistent issue for individual pupils, they will be required to hand their phones to their pastoral team for an extended period each morning, and it will be returned during pm registration.

Please note that if pupils are found to be using their phones on site, outside the policy described above, the phone will be confiscated and parents/carers may be asked to collect the phone in order for it to be returned.