1. Welcome to Springwest Academy

2. Principal: Ms Wilson

3. Meet the Team The Form Tutors: 7A Ms Curtis 7B Ms Alvarez
ACO: Ms Bearman Pastoral Mentor: Mrs O’Reilly Senior Leader: Mr Marshall-Banks SENCO: Ms Hughes Principal: Ms Wilson
The Form Tutors:
7A Ms Curtis
7B Ms Alvarez
7C Ms Hamilton
7D Ms Hodges
7E Ms Freeman
7F Ms Swandle
7G Ms Harper
7H Mr Yamuah

4. Springwest Academy Uniform
Uniform must be purchased from the Springwest Uniform shop
Blazer with Springwest badge
Tie with pink stripes
White shirts*
Skirts (must be worn with minimum 40 denier tights and come to the girl’s knee)
Black leather shoes*
School bag
Girls’ school trousers/ skirt to be bought from our uniform shop
A sensible dark winter coat*
No acrylic or painted nails
No trainers
No hoodies
No facial piercings
No shaving patterns into hair
No unnatural hair colours

5. Appropriate school shoes for girls
Girls’ school shoes No crepe, thick, rubber or trainer soles. No large bows or ornaments

6. Appropriate shoes for boys
Boys’ School Shoes No crepe, thick or trainer soles. No coloured soles

7. Behaviour Policy
Students need to come to school fully equipped to learn.  They need to have all the necessary equipment as per the Year 7 Information booklet.  Failure to have the necessary equipment will eventually end in a sanction – this is something we want to avoid. Teachers much prefer handing out Good News Cards and not detentions!

8. Mobile Phone Policy

9. Rewards System

10. Attendance Policy If you are absent you must:
Contact us by 8.30 am on the first day of absence.
Send a note in with your child to explain the absence on their first day returning to school.
Punctuality:
The college day starts at 8.30 am and students should be in school at 8.20am, to be ready for registration at that time.
Registers are marked at the start of form time and students will receive a late mark if they are not in by this time.
Senior staff are at the gate every day and will issue students with a late detention (this takes place at lunchtime) if they arrive between 8.30 and 8.50am.
If students arrive after 8.50 they will need to go to Reception to be signed in and receive a late detention.

11. Persistent Low Attendance
Attendance procedures The attendance officer should be contacted to explain all absences on

12. All forms of bullying will
be taken seriously.
Safe to Learn
“Bullying behaviour is the intentional hurting (physical or emotional) of one person by another where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. It is usually repetitive or persistent, although some one off attacks can have continuing harmful effect on the victim.” Anti-Bullying Alliance
1. To provide a safe and happy learning environment 2. To prevent and stop bullying behaviour 3. To respond to all forms of bullying in a reasonable proportionate and consistent way 4. To support the pupil who has experienced bullying 5. To ensure the bully is dealt with appropriately and future behaviour modified

13. Settling in Interview - Wednesday September 20th 2017
During this evening you will meet with your child’s form tutor to discuss how they have settled in and how its going so far. This is a very important evening for you to attend because the next opportunity to come into school and speak to us isn’t until 29th November, which will be Parents’ evening.

14. Springwest Academy is a money free site which means we do not deal with cash on the school site. The method of payment for your child’s lunch or school trips is an app called ‘ParentPay’. This allows you to pay online from the internet straight to the school – please make sure you have set up your ParentPay account ready for September.
Parent Pay

15. Contact Numbers
ACO Ms Bearman – - Phone: Twitter: ACOBearman Pastoral Mentor Mrs O’Reilly – - Phone: SLT Mr Marshall-Banks – - Phone: