Parent/Student Agreement

Students and their parents should read the following points carefully and make sure that they understand everything before signing the consent form. Students grated access to the school network, including email, must abide by the code of conduct.

All users of the Network, Internet and email are expected to abide by these rules of computer and network use:

• Be polite when using email.
• Do not use email to bully or insult others.
• Do not use inappropriate or unacceptable language.
• Never reveal your personal address or telephone number or those of fellow students to people unknown to you.
• Email is not private. We scan and periodically sample. Never say anything or engage in anything that you would not be happy to write on a postcard that could be read by everyone.
• Inform a member of staff IMMEDIATELY should you discover an obscene or offensive web page so that its access can be blocked.

Students agree that they will not perform unacceptable actions, including:

• Trying to bypass any security measures
• Completing questionnaires or subscription forms without checking with a member of staff
• Damaging, degrading or disrupting the performance of equipment or systems
• Attempting to retrieve information about hacking or attempt to hack our system
• Downloading programmes
• Playing games that have not been placed on the network by the school administrators
• Sending or displaying offending messages, pictures, videos or sound
• Taking part in online newsgroups or chat lines
• Using the Internet to buy or sell anything
• Using the Internet to access obscene or offensive web pages/material
• Using the network for any illegal activity, including the violation of copyright or other laws
• Using the network in ways that break the school rules and standards of behaviour
• Using someone else’s account, either with or without permission
• Telling another user their password

The school will electronically audit Internet and email usage at all times; a record of this is kept.

Abusing the school's network or the Internet will result in appropriate sanctions, which may include:

• Loss of access to the Internet
• Loss of access to the school network
• Loss of access to school email
• Disciplinary action (including exclusions)
• Involvement of external agencies, if necessary, including the police
• Paying for wastage/damage.

Electronically signing this consent form confirms that the student and their parent(s) have read and agree to abide by this code of conduct.

Mobile devices should not be seen on the school site and must be stored in a bag or locker for safety.

Where mobile devices are brought into school they should be turned off or switched to flight mode.

The guidance for screening mobile devices can be found in the Department for Education publication "Searching, Screening and Confiscation". This allows schools to screen mobile devices where there is "good reason" to do so.  This would include where the device has been, or could be, used to cause harm, to disrupt teaching or to break the school rules.  Under this legislation schools are also entitled to erase data, retain, or dispose of the device (the latter power has never been exercised and is highly unlikely to ever be used – unless we are directed to do so by the police).

 For students in Years 7-11 we operate an "on site, out of sight" policy at all times, which means the following:

• Students are not allowed to use a mobile phone or other electronic device (e.g. earpods) at any time between 08:00 and 15:30 in school.  For emergency mobile phone use only (e.g. arranging for collection after school due to sports fixture cancellation), students must attend their pastoral office for express permission to use the office phone/their mobile phone.
• Smart watches are banned.

Sanctions
If a student is caught using an electronic device in school, it will be confiscated and the following implemented.

First occasion: The device will be returned to the student at the end of the day and a warning given.

Second occasion: After school detention

Third and subsequent occasions: After school detention and the student will hand it in every day at reception for the remainder of the half term.

The school accepts no responsibility for lost, stolen or damaged mobile devices either on school property or during the journey to and from school.

Visits/activities within the ‘Local Learning Area’, that are part of the normal curriculum and take place during the normal school day, will follow these operating procedures.
Local Learning Area visits/activities:

• are recorded on our school trip management system
• do not require specified parental consent in addition to completion and return of the consent form (at the end of this document)
• do notify parents, in writing, and in advance of any off-site visit
• do not normally need additional risk assessments/notes

Boundaries
The agreed boundary has been set to 1.5mile radius of Bournemouth School.  Our Local Learning Area includes, but is not limited to, the following frequently used venues:

• Bournemouth School for Girls
• Epiphany School
• Jewell Academy
• Muscliff Primary School

Areas within the Boundaries
Due to the school’s location, any visits accessing water (river, sea etc) or adventurous activity within the local learning area will require a separate risk assessment.

Operating Procedure for Local Learning Area (for routine activities)
The following are potentially significant issues/hazards within our Local Learning Area:

• Road traffic
• Members of the public
• Animals (domestic and farm)
• Losing a student
• Uneven surfaces and slips, trips, and falls
• Weather conditions
• Activity specific issues when doing fieldwork (nettles, brambles, rubbish, etc)

These are managed by a combination of the following:

• A member of the senior leadership team is required to approve all visits
• Only staff who have completed the specified trip leader training are judged competent to supervise groups off-site
• Parents will be notified in advance in writing of any off-site local area visits
• There will normally be a minimum of two adults (this will be dependent on number of and age of students attending)
• Staff are familiar with the area and have practiced appropriate group management techniques.
• Students are instructed on safe techniques for road crossings in a group
• Where appropriate, students are fully briefed on what to do if they become separated from the group
• Students’ clothing and footwear is checked for appropriateness prior to leaving school.
• Staff are aware of any relevant student medical information and ensure that any required medication is available
• Staff will record the activity on our school trip management system
• A mobile phone is taken with each group and the school office have the number recorded.
• A first aid kit is taken with each group
• Appropriate personal protective equipment is taken when needed (e.g. gloves, facemasks, bag for waste, tissues etc.)
• All road crossings will be by use of specific safe crossings on route (e.g. pelican/zebra crossings)
• Where indirect supervision takes place at the authorised destination, the meeting point will be confirmed beforehand - there will always be a member of staff at the meeting point at all times
• Students are informed that they are not permitted to make any purchases whilst off the school site