Home school agreement
In order to achieve our school aims, the school, home and students must all agree to work together.
The school agrees to:
- Have the highest expectations of academic progress of our students
- Provide a learning environment that is engaging, safe and caring
- Ensure that each student has the opportunities, support and guidance to achieve his/her full potential
- Report regularly on each student’s progress
- Expect high standards, set clear rules underpinned by our core values of Compassion, Ambition, Resilience and Excellence (CARE)
- Keep parents informed about school matters, be welcoming to enquiries and responsive to concerns
- Record, reward and celebrate good progress and performance
- Offer extra-curricular activities that will develop broader skills to develop creativity, prepare for life and the world of work
Parents/carers agree to:
- Make sure my/our child attends school every day in correct uniform, arrives on time (8.35am) and is properly equipped for school
- Encourage my/our child to follow the Stoke Newington School Behaviour Policy and work respectfully with all staff
- Support my/our child in homework by checking Show My Homework and signing the planner each week
- Attend parents’ evenings and discussions about my/our child’s progress
- Be aware of appropriate safe and healthy boundaries for my/our child
- Agree to the detention policy of the School
- Make sure that time is not taken out of school unless it is urgent
- Encourage my/our child to participate in the extra-curricular opportunities offered by the school
- Allow my/our child to attend off-site visits
Students agree to:
- Be an ambassador for Stoke Newington School and be proud of my school
- Work hard in class and at home, so that I can achieve my full potential by always giving my best
- Treat others as I would wish to be treated
- Attend school every day in correct uniform, be on time (8.35am) and be properly equipped
- Follow the School rules, behave responsibly and be polite to others in School and in the wider and online community
- Use my planner to organise my homework and record my achievements
- Complete homework on time
- Take part in extra-curricular activities offered by the school
- Care for the environment – in and out of school
- Attend detentions