29/04/2011
Good work and effort – be it academic, sporting or cultural – is rewarded with public acknowledgement through the College’s Colours Policy. At the end of each cycle, the academic achievement of the Top 20 boys in each grade is publically acknowledged and rewarded. In addition, boys in Grade 12 are accorded certain privileges to acknowledge their growing maturity and the increasing responsibility that they accept within the College.
The College Code of Conduct and Demerit System provide a framework for an orderly environment within which boys must operate and the College has a series of sanctions which are imposed on those boys found to be contravening College rules.
Minor offences are dealt with by rebuke and reprimands as well as Progress Chart Entries. A Friday afternoon detention is given for repeated occurrences of minor offences or more serious offences. College detention involves boys being kept in school on a Friday afternoon from 14:30 to 15:30. Boys are always given twenty-four hours notice of a detention so that they may make alternative arrangements for travelling home. Friday evening/Saturday or Sunday detentions consist of a minimum of two hours work in school and are supervised by a member of the Senior Management Team.
In the most extreme circumstances, the Headmaster may exclude or suspend a boy from the College. In some cases, a boy will be expelled following a Disciplinary Hearing. Although the boy’s best interests will be taken into consideration, the interests of the other boys and the College community will be of particular significance. Further details concerning removal and permanent exclusion of a pupil can be obtained in the College’s Disciplinary Code.
