Procedures and Policies

Curriculum Handbooks

Curriculum Impact - Curriculum Design

At the Hundred of Hoo Academy it is our duty to ensure that every pupil, regardless of their starting point, has the opportunity to succeed academically, economically and socially. We provide our young people with the appropriate pathway towards the future they deserve and these values are fully modelled in our curriculum, as outlined in Curriculum Intent Handbook.

We believe that pupils deserve a curriculum that enhances their life chances and enables social mobility and equality. There is a real breadth of courses being accessed across all key stages, ensuring the needs of all pupils are met so they can access their first choice next steps. This includes pupils having access to the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program through the traditional English Baccalaureate alongside a wide range of other subjects. Teachers not only plan vertically within a subject but make clear cross-curricular links between subjects to ensure pupils apply their knowledge and skills across a range of topics and between disciplines including links to Literacy, Numeracy, PSHRE and fundamental british values. This creates a balanced curriculum which provides rich opportunities for pupils to develop a range of skills, depth of knowledge and opportunities to explore career pathways through schemes of work.

Curriculum Implementation - Teaching and Learning

As outlined on our T&L Framework Page we have a very clear framework within which our teachers plan and deliver lessons, and receive feedback. It is important you have taken time to familiarise yourself with these. Our Curriculum Implementation Handbook, linked on the Homepage and T&L Framework page, further outlines all the necessary information to fully prepare for teaching at the Academy.

All teachers are assigned a mentor (ITT/NQT) or coach at the start of the year and they are responsible for supporting the teacher with aspects of their practice which they wish to further enhance. This is done through a series of non-judgemental termly observations, feedback discussions and written feedback via our OnTrack Platform. We also have an open door policy across the Academy, where observations of each other and regular enquiry walks by all staff are actively encouraged to foster an ongoing culture of continual improvement.

Curriculum Impact - Pupil Outcomes and Progress

The Hundred of Hoo enjoys increasingly improving standards of academic achievement. Our GCSE and A level results in recent years have been the best in the Academy’s history; this is reflective of the learning that pupils have undertaken throughout our robust, rich and carefully-constructed curriculum and of the expertise with which our teachers deliver this curriculum. Curriculum Impact is the extent to which pupils have learned what you intended them to, and how you are able to accurately determine this, as outlined in our Curriculum Impact Handbook

Behaviour Management

The Hundred of Hoo Academy has very clear structures and routines that serve to remove barriers to learning. Behaviour is managed across the Academy using our Consequence System, employed within every classroom, across every subject, including social times. This very simple procedure enables highly effective teaching and the cohesive and consistent application of this is key to ensuring the system is effective at all levels. Staff are required to apply the C System in their lessons and will be supported to do so by their colleagues and member of staff on patrol every period who can be called to support.

Pupils who fail to successfully follow the C System will have the most appropriate sanctions in place, ranging from 30 minute detentions to periods of time in our Learning Support Unit, where they are internally isolated away from lessons to complete their classwork. Pupils who continue to persistently fail to engage with all levels of support may be required to attend 'Late School', where they return to the Learning Support Unit 12-5pm, or are potentially putting themselves at risk of exclusion.

All the details of our behaviour policy can be found in our Behaviour Handbook. The Parent Pupil Handbook also has clear guidance of our expectations of pupils around our systems and routines.

Safeguarding

‘Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm. It includes a wide range of issues relating to pupil’s welfare, health and safety’ (Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills, Ofsted 2019).

The Hundred of Hoo Academy is a community and all those directly connected (staff, governors, parents, families and students) have an essential role to play in making it safe and secure. The Academy recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, in addition to providing an ethos and environment within the academy that will help children to feel safe, secure and respected; encourage them to talk openly; and enable them to feel confident that they will be listened to. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Our Safeguarding policy can be found here.

Our Academy core safeguarding principles are:

• It is a whole academy responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as its paramount concern;

• All children (defined as those up to the age of 18) regardless of age, gender, ability, culture, race, language, religion or sexual identity, have equal rights to protection; o All children have a right to be heard and to have their wishes and feelings taken into account;

• All staff understand safe professional practice and adhere to our code of conduct and other associated policies;

• All staff have a responsibility to recognise vulnerability in children and act on any concern in accordance with this guidance.

There are four main elements to our safeguarding policy

• Prevention (e.g. positive, supportive, safe academy culture, curriculum and pastoral opportunities for children, safer recruitment procedures);

• Protection (by following agreed procedures, ensuring all staff are trained and supported to respond appropriately and sensitively to safeguarding concerns);

• Support (for all students, parents and staff, and where appropriate specific intervention for those who may be at risk of harm);

• Working with parents and other agencies (to ensure appropriate communications and actions are undertaken).

SEND

The SEND Handbook provides key information about how we support pupils with additional needs at the Academy.

Additional Handbooks and Policies

All further policies e.g. HR, Pay, IT and Business can be found centrally within the Leigh Academies Trust via the LATOne Website