Sanctions related to uniform
Dear Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield,
Under the FOI Act I would like to request the following information regarding sanctions and other punishment (e.g. detention, isolation, withdrawal of privileges, expulsion, exclusion) issued by the school in relation to uniform.
1) Please provide a breakdown, for each of the last five academic years, including the current academic year, of all punishments issued for misconduct relating to uniform (e.g. wearing wrong uniform, not wearing uniform, wearing forbidden items, etc). For each incident please provide:
The nature of the punishment
The nature of the misconduct
Whether it related to school uniform or sports kit or another aspect of uniform policy
If you are unable to provide a breakdown of each incident, please provide summary totals for each academic year with the same breakdown.
If you are unable to provide annual totals, please provide details of the system used to track student behaviour and how that is monitored by staff, e.g. how they are able to identify those students who have been sanctioned most often.
Yours faithfully,
Nathan Goodfellow
Dear Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield,
This request is now 14 days overdue and in breach of the Freedom of Information Act. Can you please let me know when a response will be sent?
Yours faithfully,
Nathan Goodfellow
Dear Nathan,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request relating to sanctions
and punishments issued by Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls in
relation to uniform. My apologies for the delay in replying to your
request.
At the start of the 2021/22 academic year the school switched to a new
system for recording character points, both positive and negative, for all
students within the school. The previous system used was archived and data
from this is no longer available.
Please find below the information requested for the academic year 2021/22
and the current academic year. The school has approximately 1220 students
on roll during the 2021/22 and the current academic year and any uniform
discretions can be added to the recording system by any member of staff.
2022/23
2021/22
YTD
Incorrect Uniform 436 251
Uniform Worn Incorrectly 42 35
Forgotten PE Kit 113 22
Total 591 308
Within a given week, if students accrue 3 or more negative points, for any
discretions (including uniform violations), they will be given a detention
of 30 minutes. Form Tutors and Heads of Year have access to the recording
system and monitor this on a daily basis to see where students have been
receiving both positive and negative points. One of the Assistant Head
Teachers oversees the weekly report to ensure that the behaviour policy
within the school is being applied consistently across the school.
Yours sincerely
Antony Maguire
Data Protection Officer
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
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