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This section of the site contains St Benedict's policies. Click on the relevant category in the right pane to access the policy you are interested in. These will then be listed below, sorted by title.
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A General Overview

General overview covering St Benedict's as a Catholic school, life orientation, community service,our moral framework, aims of the pastoral policy, m...
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Academic Matters

Academic matters covering the curriculum, minimum promotion requirements, reporting to parents, acceptable user policy and plagiarism and referencing...
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Disciplinary Matters

Disciplinary matters covers all the disciplinary policies - behavioural guidelines, rewards and sanctions, drug policy, high school code of conduct, t...
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Extramural Matters

Extramural matters covering the house system, sports captains and cultural heads, regulations for awards, colours, honours blazer, age group policy a...
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A Broad Outline of the Disciplinary Policy

St Benedict’s College is committed to providing a safe and orderly learning environment for all boys and staff. All boys are required to conduct thems...
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Academic Policy

Covers curriculum, subject choices, academic weightings, subject teachers, tests and examinations.
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Age Group Policy

As a general rule, the College policy of compulsory participation in sport dictates that boys play within their specific age group. This means that on...
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Assessment Policy

At St Benedict’s College, we believe in ‘Assessment for Learning’. This policy covers the teacher's role, leaning styles, purpose and principles of as...
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Award Regulations

General regulations for award made by the Sports Council.
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Behaviour

Every boy is entitled to a safe and orderly learning environment. The majority of boys have a positive attitude towards school and are conscientious a...
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Bullying Policy

With an enrolment of over 1400 boys, some incidents of bullying are unfortunately inevitable. However, bullying is an offence listed in our Code of C...
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College Code of Conduct

The College Code of Conduct lists the right of each boy.
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Cultural Colours

Nominees are scored for their highest achievement in each category. Bonus Points are added.
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Demerit System - Procedure

Demerits have been allocated for conduct that contravenes the College’s Code of Conduct. The number of demerits will be determined by the severity of ...
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Demerit System - Schedule

Schedule of misconduct and recommended actions and sanctions.
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Drugs Policy

St Benedict’s College has a zero-tolerance policy towards the misuse of drugs and steroids and towards the illegal possession or storage of such subst...
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Financial Policy

The purpose of this policy document is to set out and regulate the school’s financial practices.
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Fundraising Policy

This whole-school policy outlines practices and procedures governing Fundraising at St Benedict's.
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General Awards

General awards including the Honours Blazer, Magna Cum Laude Award, Academic Dux Awards, Overall Dux Awards and Leadership Awards.
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Homework Policy

Homework is an extension and a supplement of class work which has to be completed and/or learnt by boys outside the classroom. There are three types o...
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Parents's Charter

St Benedict’s prides itself on the good relations it enjoys with parents. This policy details what St Benedict's expects of Parents.
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Portfolio Policy

A portfolio is the purposeful collection of a boy’s work that exhibits his efforts, progress, and achievements in a certain subject or within specific...
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Revised National Curriculum Statement

The Revised National Curriculum is founded on the aims of the Constitution. The Manifesto on Value, Education and Democracy identifies ten fundamental...
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Rewards and Sanctions

Good work and effort – be it academic, sporting or cultural – is rewarded with public acknowledgement through the College’s Colours Policy. The Colleg...
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School Motto, Vision, Mission Statement and Slogan

This document outlines the school's proposed vision and mission statement.
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Sports Awards

Sports awards covering colours points system, merit certificates, service certificates, team awards, junior colours, hald and full colours.
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Sports Council

The “St Benedict’s College Sports Council” is established to promote, foster and safeguard sporting and cultural activities as participated in by the ...
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St Benedict's Debtors' Policy

The purpose of this policy is to standardise the procedure for the collection of outstanding accounts.
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Steroid Testing Policy


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Subject Files

For purposes of Quality Assurance, each staff member teaching a subject is to be in possession of a Subject File containing the information detailed i...
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Whole School Policy

Whole School Policy
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