Rewards & Sanctions

Rewards at Longfield Academy are an important part of school life. Students can be given rewards for achievement in their work and service to the school. Rewards students may get are:

• Comments in the Student Planner.
• Merits for Years 7 and 8 – in the Student Planners.
• Gold Standard Awards Years 7 and 8 – a stamp on the ‘Successes’ page in the Student Planner.
• Post Cards KS4 and 5 – postcards sent home.
• Monetary Rewards – issued termly at the discretion of Heads of Learning.
• School Rewards Awards for – achievements by students over the year will be given at the Lower School Celebration Evening in the Summer Term and for KS 4 and 5 students at Presentation Afternoon in the following Autumn Term.
• Attendance Rewards – Each term rewards in the form of letters and certificates will be issued for excellent attendance. These will also be recorded on the Student Event Log.

The school encourages self-esteem and self-discipline. Attendance and punctuality are encouraged with rewards and in the case of lateness detentions are imposed.

Most children respond to encouragement. Where students fail to exercise self-discipline in their conduct in or around school, we impose sanctions. Parents are involved whenever we are concerned about a student - and this in itself is an important sanction. Others include detentions at break, lunchtime, or after school, and the use of report books monitoring daily progress. In certain circumstances, a student may be excluded from school.