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General principles
We expect you to behave with
maturity and responsibility while
you are at Abingdon. You should
make sure you are respectful and
polite to everyone and always give
your best effort to everything you
do. However, sometimes you might
make a mistake. If you do then
we expect you to learn from it and
avoid making similar mistakes in
future. This means that there are a
number of different responses to any
mistakes that you make. If you don’t
learn or deliberately fail to live up to
your responsibilities as a member
of the school and house community
then you will find your position
becoming more serious.
Discussion with your Tutor
This is the first stage, a warning.
If your tutor speaks to you about
something we expect you to change
your behaviour accordingly. This is not
a major sanction but tells you that if
you don’t alter your attitude then you
will be facing more serious trouble.
Discussion with Mr Golding
If you are called in to speak to Mr
Golding about your behaviour it means
that you have made a big mistake and
that you are on the verge of facing
serous sanctions. The point is still to
give the chance to learn and change
but you are on a final warning.
Housemaster’s Summons
If you behave poorly or cause trouble
in class or in other areas of the
school you will be given something
called a Housemasters Summons.
This means you have to find your
housemaster and he will talk to
you and determine what action you
should take to make amends for your
mistake.
Prep Detention
If you fail to complete your prep to an
acceptable standard or if you fail to
complete your prep on time you will
be given a prep detention.
This means that you need to go to
the Masters Common Room (the
teachers social room) where you
will be met by a prefect who will
supervise you while you do silent
work.
The detention takes place on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday at 4pm for thirty minutes. This
is a serious situation that you should
not get yourself into if you organise
your time properly. If you can tell that
you have too much to do and wont
be able to complete your prep on
time, or if you do not understand it,
then you should contact your teacher
in advance to explain and apologise.
If you do this you will probably get an
extension and some extra help (as
long as you have not left it until the
last minute).
Friday Detention
You will be given a Friday Detention
for serious errors. They can be given
for bad behaviour or for a serious
failure to complete work. If you get a
Friday Detention it means you have
made a very significant mistake and
you will have to change your attitude
very quickly. If you are given a Friday
Detention your parents will be told
about it.
Head’s Detention
This is only given for very serious
misbehaviour. It takes place on a
Saturday morning between 9am and
11am. You will need to be in school
uniform. The Deputy Head Pastoral
supervises Head’s Detentions. Your
parents will be informed. If you get
one of these then you are putting your
position at the school in danger.
Temporary Exclusion
For extremely serious misbehaviour
or mistakes you will be given a
temporary exclusion. This means
you will not be allowed to come to
school for up to three days. If you
are a boarder you will be required
to stay with either your parents or
your guardian during the time of your
exclusion.
Permanent Exclusion
If you repeatedly misbehave and
fail to learn from you mistakes you
will be excluded permanently from
school. Obviously we do not want
this to happen but your actions will
determine the decision. This is very
rare.
What
happens if
I get into
trouble?
