Pastoral System
At Roding Valley, senior members of staff have responsibility for each Year Group. The Head of Upper School and Head of Lower School work with the Heads of Year to ensure the academic and personal well-being of each girl and boy in the year.
Each student is allocated to a tutor group and he or she will see the tutor twice a day, every day for up to five years. In this way, every student is known well and comes into daily contact with a member of staff who can help, guide and advise as necessary. The Head of Year leads a team of tutors and co-ordinates liaison with parents.
Great importance is attached throughout the School to high standards of conduct and the formation of good character. We set high standards in dress, work and behaviour and expect students to maintain these standards at all times.
The standards of behaviour are based on the need for consideration for others and the needs of a learning community. Students are expected to treat staff and each other with respect at all times.
Students are expected to be prepared for lessons by bringing the correct books and equipment. They are expected to be punctual and to attend School regularly; bringing a note from parents to explain any absence, following a telephone call to school from parents on the morning of the first day of absence. Students are expected to work conscientiously and consistently throughout their time at Roding Valley.
Parental support is expected for school discipline at all times.
Discipline is firm and friendly, on the basis that children will respond to the positive approach of encouragement, praise and reward. When sanctions are deemed necessary, they may involve routine impositions, reprimand, detention or referral to a senior member of staff. Parents and students may be invited or may wish to meet senior staff to discuss particular problems.
Parents will be given 24 hours notice of after school detentions.
In serious and/or persistent cases of indiscipline the Headteacher may exclude a student from the School for a fixed term (up to 45 days). Occasionally, the Headteacher may recommend to the Governing Body that a student be permanently excluded. Parents have the right to appeal to the Governing Body and the Local Education Authority.
