To teach students successfully at St Ivo teachers must:

• Be fair
• Be consistent and
• Be committed to teaching them.

All students are capable of achievement and underachievement. Identifying and challenging underachievement is the responsibility of all teachers. High expectations are not enough on their own; action is needed by individual teachers to ensure that expectations turn into achievement..

We must:

• address barriers to learning which may prevent students from achieving, such as disruptive or passive behaviour or lack of confidence.
• Talk to students about their learning in order to establish reasons for any underachievement.
• Have a consistent approach when applying sanctions if work or behaviour fails to meet expectations. If your students fail to respond to sanctions then the head of department and head of year must be informed.

Systems of support are in place to help you maintain good behaviour for learning. Please make sure you are familiar with the school and department support that exists.