How is discipline enforced?
The College has clear straightforward ‘Rules and Regulations’, which are well publicised to the pupils. Occasionally, as in any group of young people, disciplinary sanctions are required, and which are for the good of the individual and of the College community. We try to exercise discipline with the willing cooperation of pupils. We aim for school discipline to be: • constructive: if a pupil has got something wrong, we want to him or her to improve as a result of the sanction • fair: we want to treat everyone equally, while taking proper account of each pupil’s personal circumstances; and we don’t “let someone off” if that means being unfair to another pupil • de minimis: we try to deal with any issue as rapidly as possible, and at the lowest level possible, with the least possible fuss – and we aim to ‘forget’ it afterwards The Headmaster has three possible responses to a pupil whose behaviour is brought formally to his attention: HM Jankers (a form of community service); temporary s
