ARK Kings

The academy will:

• Ensure your child is safe at all times.
• Ensure your child is taught well every day.
• Have high expectations of your child to do well academically at school.
• Record and reward students for their success.
• Ensure that lessons are not interrupted by any poor behaviour.
• Ensure your child is treated fairly in line with the school’s behaviour policy.
• Ensure that any bullying matters are dealt with swiftly.
• Report to parents every half term on academic standards, behaviour and attendance.
• Work in partnership with parents to ensure your child does as well as possible at school.

Parents and Carers

As a parent/carer I/we will:

• Send my child to school each day in the correct uniform.
• Ensure my child gets to school on time each day.
• Support my child in completing their homework each day.
• If my child is absent from school I will inform the school on the first day of absence.
• Agree with any planned school absence by my child in advance with the school (term time holidays will not be authorised).
• Work in partnership with the school and outside agencies to ensure my child does well.
• Encourage my child to take part in the extracurricular opportunities offered.
• Agree to the academy’s behaviour policy, including same-day detentions.
• Come to meetings to discuss the progress of my child.

Students

As a student, I will strive to ensure that Ark Kings is a great school for everyone by:

• Wearing my full uniform with pride.
• ​Following staff instructions immediately without any questioning at all.
• Speaking calmly and quietly. Ark Kings is a ‘no shouting’ academy.
• Being polite and respectful at all time.
• Ensuring that my mobile phone is switched off at all times.
• Keeping classrooms clean and tidy.
• Acting as an ambassador for Ark Kings both in and out of the academy.

As a student, I will strive to achieve my academic potential by:

• Being punctual: arriving punctually to school and to their lessons. Line up and wait to be greeted before entering the room.
• Being organised: Put the planner, merit card and pencil case on their desk and begin the DNA.
• Being calm: moving from one place to the next quietly. At the end of the lesson standing in silence until dismissed.
• Engaging: Focus on learning, making sure they do not distract themselves or others.
• Respecting: Speak calmly and politely at all times.
• Persevering: Try your best at all times.

Home school agreement.pdf

If you wish to access a hard copy of any policy please contact the school's office on 0121 459 4451 (Secondary) or 0121 458 5380 (Primary), alternatively email us at: info@arkkingsacademy.org