Behaviour Tracking and Pastoral Monitoring

Aimed primarily at boarding houses, this is a values and choice-based tracking system that promotes reflective behaviour. Students are assigned to family units and the family with the most points every half-term receives a reward. Indiviudal rewards are also available. The element of competition promotes individual responsibility and collective camaraderie.

The core values that are considered essential (found at the top of the sheet), may be amended to suit the environment. The value of the points awarded can be also amended. The premise is that students will make poor choices or “strikes”, and that is part of life, but the expectation is that they must learn from them.Staff enter details as per example. Consequences come into effect after 4, 6, or 8 strikes. The message to students then is that they are deemed not to be learning from their poor choices.

The ladder of consequences can also be amended to suit the particular environment. Ideally, these need to be agreed beforehand and should be considered strong enough to have the desired impact.

Merits and Concerns (or demerits) are linked to academic performance in lessons. These contribute to family totals and the graph is useful for picking up trends. The “Stars” sheet is for a star chart where students can be awarded stars for any positive contribution in house, for example, voluntarily helping to tidy up a room or helping another student in need. Stars contribute to family points totals.