I hope you will find this handbook useful and informave and that it will answer any quesons you may have about the day to day organisaon of the academy and our expectaons of our students.

We always put student learning first at North Oxfordshire Academy and that is why we aim to get the basics right each and every day. Properly equipped students with outstanding aendance, punc- tuality and behaviour create the climate in which the best learning can take place. We will always strive to make them perfect and know that you will work with us to adhere to this.

Good communicaon between home and the academy is vital, so if aer reading this if there are any quesons which remain unanswered please do not hesitate to get in touch. For further informaon on the academy policies and procedures please see the website hp:// www.northoxfordshire-academy.org/

2 x Ambion – to achieve the best for ourselves and others;

x Confidence – to have the courage of our convicons and to take risks in the right cause;

x Creavity – to imagine possibilies and make them real;

United x Respect – for ourselves and others in all that we do; Learning Values x Enthusiasm – to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue talents and interests;

x Determinaon – to overcome obstacles and reach success.

The academy will inspire our students to become well balanced, enquiring and responsible cizens.

We will

x through excellent teaching and a personalised curriculum, work together to set challenging tar- gets, encouraging our young people to aim high and achieve high

x develop resilient, independent learners who are creave thinkers, self movators, team workers and confident communicators

Our Vision x foster a cohesive community where staff, students, parents and the wider community work to- gether for the good of all.

x develop our site and facilies to allow for innovaon and excellence using new technologies to deepen and enrich learning

x Work with all who are part of our community to promote an ethos of lifelong learning

x A posive emoonal climate- all are welcomed and valued

x A relentless focus on high standards Our Ethos x Set no limits; accept no excuses

3 rd The first day of term for all students will be Thursday 3 September:

Year 7 and Year 12 should arrive for an 8:30am start

Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 should arrive at 8:50am

x Please provide your child with money for dinner money so that they can load onto their account ready for lunchme. If you prefer students can bring a packed lunch and a drink.

x The day will end at 15.20pm as normal. x The day will be a programme of extended tutorial mes, assemblies and lessons

4 Term 1 : Thursday 3rd September 2015 - Thursday 22nd October 2015

Term 2 : Monday 2nd November 2015 - Thursday 17th December 2015

Term 3 : Monday 4th January 2016 - Friday 12th February 2016

Term 4 : Monday 22nd February 2016 - Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Term 5 : Tuesday 12th April 2016 - Friday 27th May 2016

Term 6 : Monday 6th June 2016 - Wednesday 20th July 2016

(No school for students)

rd x 23 October 2015

th x 11 April 2016

st x 1 July 2016

th x 8 October 2015

th x 17 December 2015

rd x 23 March 2016

th x 14 July (students leave at 12.30)

5 08.20 - 08.30 Students arrive at school 08.30 - 09.50 Period 1 09.50 - 11.30 Period 2 (including break – 20 minutes) 11.30 - 12.50 Period 3 12.50 - 13.35 Lunch 13.35 - 14.00 Tutorial 14.00 - 15.20 Period 4 (including pm registraon in class) 15.20* End of the day for students *15:30 on Thursday due to PEP PRO (See Page 27)

FRIDAY ONLY: 08.20 - 08.30 Students arrive at school 08.30 - 09.50 Period 1 09.50 - 11.30 Period 2 (including break – 20 minutes) 11.30 - 12.50 Period 3 12:50 - 13.35 Lunch 13.35 - 14.50 Period 4 (including pm registraon in class) 14:50 End of the day for students

Once students have been given their Ɵmetable, they should keep it with them at all Ɵmes. It is advisable to keep a copy in the home where it can be easily seen. Please make a note of the day/s when your child has PE so that you can ensure that the PE kit is brought into school.

6 Break sings Lunch sings

09.50am - 10.10am KS3/5 12.50pm – 13.30pm 11.10am - 11.30am KS4 (10&11)

Sixth Form take breaks in the sixth form area

All students have the opon to sit in our restaurant or hall, depending on style of lunch wanted, to enjoy their meal with friends. Alternavely, they can sign up to the many different clubs on offer.

At NOA we are passionate about the healthy eang paerns of all our students. Diet is a large part of a healthy lifestyle and is a fundamental part of building a healthy working environment. It is important that not only we create a posive working classroom but ensure students are fuelled for all types of learning. The correct nutrion has both physical and mental benefits.

We encourage a balanced diet that helps to provide efficient energy levels for students to stay focussed throughout the day. Students who buy food from the NOA restaurant are provided with healthy opons to help ensure they can achieve a balance to their diet. The catering staff have worked with the Sport de- partment and external nutrional advisers to ensure the right opons are available.

If your child brings a packed lunch to school, please give careful thought to its contents and avoid ‘empty food’ with no nutrional value such as crisps, chocolate/high sugar snacks and fizzy drinks. Energy drinks are banned from the academy and will be confiscated.

7 We consider that uniform is important for several reasons: x It provides students with a sense of identy and pride in their academy. x It enhances the appearance of students and therefore the reputaon of the academy. x It helps to insl in students a sense of purpose when they put on their uniform in the morning.

Our Uniform:

Blazer: Navy blue Academy blazer with North Oxfordshire Academy badge; girls to have college identy strip above academy badge which must be ironed or sewn on at home. Blazer sleeves are worn unrolled.

Shirt: Boys: A light blue long or short-sleeved shirt suitable for a e. Girls: A light blue revere shirt (folded down collars)

No visible undergarments to be worn e.g. long sleeve t-shirts

Trousers/Skirt: Plain navy tailored trousers (ankle length) or navy skirt (knee length with NOA emblem on and visible at all mes)

There are 2 designs available purchased from Cross Embroidery only

(No denim, “skinny fit trousers”, cords, combats, leggings or tracksuits)

Belts must be plain black or navy with no big buckles. (no logos or oversize buckles)

Jumper: Grey jumper with navy/sky blue stripes. The jumper is oponal, but if students de- cide to wear a jumper, it must be the academy jumper. Tie (Boys Only): Each college will have a different coloured stripe on their e. This will enable staff to recognise which college each student belongs to. The e is a clip on e. Footwear: Must be flat plain black shoes ( no boots) suitable for the academy. There should be no canvas, suede, logos, stripes or paerns on footwear. If you are in any doubt about the academy rules regarding footwear please speak to a Pastoral Leader before purchasing shoes.

The uniform items your child will need must be purchased at Cross Embroidery, Banbury. Pre-ordering is advised so please ensure you visit the store before mid August.

Light blue school shirts for both boys and girls can be purchased at high street stores such as BHS, Tesco, ASDA and Marks & Spencer.

Cross Embroidery Phone 01295 270555 Email: [email protected]

Address: Units 5&6 Lower Cherwell Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5AY

8 9 Jewellery: 1 plain stud (less than 5mm in diameter) per ear and a watch are permied. No other jewellery may be worn. Body Piercing & taoos: There must be no visible taoos. For safety reasons all piercings are strictly forbidden .This includes retainers, expanders, stretchers, bars, hooped earrings, no studs, lip and tongue piercings. Head Scarf: These must be plain navy or black only

Nail Varnish: No coloured nail varnish is to be worn in the academy. No fake nails including acrylics may be worn.

Make up: Years 7 and 8 - no make-up at all allowed Years 9, 10 and 11 - Only light foundaon and mascara may be worn.

Hair: To be natural - no colour, extensions, hair sculpture, decorave shaved paerns etc

Tights: Blue, black or natural colour. No leggings or paerned ghts allowed.

Please note that jewellery will be confiscated and returned to the student at the end of the academic day or if necessary you will be asked to collect from the academy. Nail varnish and make up must be removed upon request.

10 The PE kit is an essenal part of each student’s equipment. The PE Curriculum contributes to the develop- ment of a student’s general health and fitness, as well as building up team work skills. All students are ex- pected to bring their PE kit for PE lessons.

Boys Girls Rugby shirt* – Navy with sky blue Hooded sweatshirt*– Navy Polo shirt*– Sky blue Polo shirt*– Sky blue Shorts – Navy Shorts/Skort – Navy Track suit booms (Navy) Track suit booms (Navy) Leggings can only be Academy Tracksuit* – Navy (Oponal) worn for GCSE Dance and must be accompanied Socks – Navy/sky blue hoops Footwear - Trainers/football boots by shorts. Academy Tracksuit*– Navy * All with academy badge Socks – Navy/sky blue hoops

PE kit must be brought to all lessons even if students are excused. Students will be expected to parƟcipate in student observaƟon, coaching etc. Failure to bring kit will result in consequences leading to detenƟons.

11 If your child arrives out of uniform – any part, the following will happen:

We need to ask for the support of parents in encouraging your child to come to the academy fully equipped and ready to learn. We have high expectaons of our students, and if students fail to bring the correct equipment to school vital learning me is lost. We expect our students to take responsibility for their learning, and we also realise that future employers would expect workers to arrive at the workplace with the correct equipment.

There will be consequences for students who regularly fail to come to the academy with the correct equipment.

Your child should leave home each morning with the following equipment:

An appropriate school Bag Vital to keep the paper planner, pencil case, books and other equipment (preferably a backpack) safe.

PE Kit Please check with your child when PE is metabled, so they pack their kit.

Pencil Students need more than just a pen. They also need a pencil, coloured pencils, ruler, eraser and sharpener. A calculator is also useful. The best way to look aer this equipment is to keep it in a pencil case.

12 13 The Academy will work closely with the Aendance & Engagement Service to ensure an improvement in our students’ aendance. We would like to congratulate the many parents who ensure their children aend school regularly. However, there were a considerable number of pupils who were absent from school last year without good reason and we will be contacng parents where there are aendance con- cerns. There is a direct link between aendance and how well a student does. We want all our students to aim for 100% aendance and achieve at least 97%

Pupil aendance will be monitored under the following headings. GOLD STAR: Your child’s aendance is above 97%. They are likely to be a “Star Performer” as well as an “excellent” aender. They will almost certainly achieve the best grades for their ability and have real opportunity in further educaon or the world of work.

GREEN: Your child’s aendance is 95% plus. They are on “Green for go” for good aendance and are likely to achieve the grades that will give them real opportunies to connue their studies or access employment.

AMBER: Your child’s aendance is 93% to 95% aendance. They are on “amber – take care”. They will be missing up to 20 days of school each year and this will make it difficult for them to achieve their best. Tutors will be in contact for a meeng.

RED: Your child’s aendance is between 90 and 92%. They are a “red light – be alert”. They are missing so much me from school that it will be very difficult for them to keep in touch with lessons or work. They will struggle to get good exam results and could achieve a lot more. Pastoral Leaders will contact parents to discuss any issues.

WARNING: Your child’s aendance is below 90%. Immediate AcƟon by parents is required. They are missing so much me from school that it will be almost impossible for them to keep in touch with lessons or work.

A Parent Contract Meeng will be convened to discuss concerns and this may result in a referral to the County Aendance Team and possible legal acon

365 DAYS IN EACH YEAR

14 x We want our students to develop proper habits of geng up ready for school and here on me. Parents play a vital role in ensuring these habits are in place. Students are expected to arrive by 8:20am and to be in their classes ready for the 8:30am start of the day. Students arriving aer 8:30am will have a late mark and receive a lunch me detenon. If the student arrives aer the register closes (9:30am) they will receive a U mark (which counts as unauthorised absence). x Students arriving to lessons more than 5 minutes late will receive a C3 consequence (30 minute detenon with faculty). x If a student arrives late to the Academy on two or more occasions during any one week they will re- ceive a 30 minute lunchme detenon. Failure to aend this will result in a 1 hour Pastoral Leader detenon. x If students fail to aend two or more detenons in any one term, a leer will be sent home giving a 2 week monitoring period to improve. x If there is no improvement, the student will be placed on the minibus collecon run for the follow- ing term and will be picked up from home every morning from home for 3 weeks. x If there is sll no improvement a referral may be made to the Aendance & Engagement Service us- ing evidence collected from the monitoring period including refusal to take up the collecon service. x Any student with 6 or more U marks may be referred to the Aendance & Engagement Service and parent/carer may be issued with a Penalty Noce Fine of up to £120 per parent.

15 Behaviour for Learning is the name we give to our Academy Behaviour and Discipline policy.

Key points about the policy: x Our teachers will make their expectaons clear and enforce B4L fairly and consistently. x We will provide guidance and support to help our students to reflect on their behaviour and make the right choices. x When a student receives a detenon, they will be given a leer by their form tutor to nofy them of their detenon for the following day. The student is responsible for handing this leer to his/her parent. x If a student does not aend a detenon, the parents will be informed by text message using the academy Keep Kids Safe programme/SIMS. x The Student Support Team will be available to answer queries from parents and students with re- gard to behaviour for learning. At busy mes, Welfare Managers may need to call parents back to answer a query. x If a student begins to receive a high number of incidents, a range of intervenon and support strate- gies will be used to support them. This may include being placed on a Monitoring Report with clear targets for improved behaviour. x We will provide parents with your child’s behaviour record on request.

Confiscaon:

The academy has a legal right to search students if there is a concern that they have brought in items that should not be in the academy. These searches will be done by a member of the academy leadership team. Items of concern will be confiscated unl such a me when a parent can come to the academy. If the items are illegal then Thames Valley Police will be involved and the student may face permanent exclusion.

16 I will demonstrate good learning skills by:

Arriving on me to class (late arrival will incur an instant C3)

Doing as I am asked first me

Listening carefully whilst others are speaking

Allowing others to get on with their work

Showing respect to others by keeping my hands, objects and comments to myself

Always doing my best As a respecul member of North Oxfordshire Academy I will:

Wear my uniform correctly Keep the Academy dy Eat and drink only in the restaurant Move around the Academy in a calm sensible manner

The following behaviours may lead to any number of the following sancons: Community Service, Par- ent meeng, Academy hour detenon, Internal Isolaon, Fixed term exclusion, Governors Warning, Permanent Exclusion.

Verbal or physical abuse of staff

Fighng

Possession or use of alcohol or drugs

Bringing a dangerous item into the Academy

Malicious seng of the fire alarm

Deliberate damage or the to property

Smoking in the Academy

Bullying or Racist behaviour

Truancy

Making malicious unfounded allegaons against a member of staff

Walking out of class without permission

17 *If the student aŌer receiving the warning consequences (C1, C2) demonstrates a posiƟve behaviour change, then the teacher has the right to remove them.

The academy takes bullying seriously. If you feel your child is being bullied or is bullying others please do not hesitate to contact the Welfare Team.

This team will then invesgate the allegaons and decide on the best form of acon to take. We believe that our students should be educated around the effects of bullying and NOA takes pride in being a restor- ave academy. This can allow all pares that have been involved to have their voice heard and be part of the restorave process.

The academy’s protocols around reporng bullying are shared with students each September so they are aware of whom to talk to and throughout the year the academy reinforces its ethos- all welcomed and val- ued - through a number of awareness raising events and assemblies. Cyber Safety features heavily in the PSHE programme of the academy and the academy will involve other agencies if needed around students’ behaviours over social networking.

If you require any support around what you can do as a parent to avoid cyber bullying and unsafe behav- iours, please do contact the academy for addional informaon.

The parent and student voice around the issues will be sought at different intervals in the year to measure how safe students feel at NOA.

Keep safe on the internet – never let anyone have your details and always report abuse from the report abuse buon found at the boom of the academy website.

18 Phones & Electronic Devices

Students are only allowed to use mobile phones at break or lunchme in the restaurant or playground. Phones must not be used in corridors, between lessons or in lessons without the express permission of the class teacher. The phone must be turned off and put away when in a classroom or in assembly. ‘Not seen not heard’

Some teachers will invite students to use smart mobile technology to enhance student’s learning experi- ences; however if an electronic device is deemed to disrupt learning then any member of staff has the right to request that the device is removed from the child. Students are not allowed to listen to music when in lessons.

If a member of staff sees or hears a mobile phone/device being misused in a classroom or in assembly, this is what will happen next:

1. Response will be called. 2. Students will hand over their device/phone to the member of the leadership team. 3. The phone will be put into a brown envelope with the student’s name on it. It will be put into a safe in recepon and collected by the student at the end of the day. 4. If a student abuses the system we reserve the right to keep the phone and return to the parents.

19 At North Oxfordshire Academy we believe in encouraging and celebrang good work and behaviour through constant and consistent posive recognion. Examples of how we do this are shown in the ta- ble opposite.

Teachers reward in class and outside at any me. These rewards are staged in levels of achievement.

R1-R5 = SLEUTH points R2 = Lucky dip R3 = Posive postcard home R4 = Posive phone call home R5 = reward voucher to spend in the Academy restaurant

The points are logged through our behaviour tracker (SLEUTH) and their net value counts towards college awards.

Our Learner of the Week and Home Learning Excellence nominees will have cerficates sent directly home. This so you can also share in the celebraon of your child’s progress and achievement

20 There will be a parent evening and parent morning at the end of each whole term e.g. Christmas, Easter and towards the end of the summer term. You are welcome to come to all three if you wish to, but our expectaon is that you will aend at least one over the academic year. You will have the opportunity to make appointments to see your child’s subject teachers to discuss progress and any concerns there may be from either side.

Bookings are made via an online booking system and instrucons for this are shown on our website (hp://www.northoxfordshire-academy.org/Parents/Parents-Evening-Morning-Informaon).

The parent evenings and mornings for 2014-15 will be held on the following dates: 17th December 2015 4:00pm– 7.30pm and 18th December 2015 9am – 12 noon 23rd March 2016 4:00pm – 7.30pm and the 24th March 2016 9am – 12 noon 14th July 2016 2:00pm – 7.00pm

21 Show My Homework is an online system designed to make home learning easier for students, staff and parents and it is the key feature of our home learning strategy – all tasks are available to view on the Show My Homework calendar accessible via our school website. No login is required to view details of the work set.

The coloured boxes show details of work that has been set that day and the black circle with a number inside relates to the number of days given for the task to be completed.

A grey box shows on the date when a piece of work is due.

Teachers upload task descripons, aach worksheets and link websites that can support your child to complete their home learning. Students know their homework require- ments and deadlines and parents can be involved in the homework process so they also know what their children are expected to do.

Parents can also create their own accounts for Show My Homework and for more details on this and setup instrucons please either look at our Home Learning webpage on our school website or email IT support at the Academy.

22 We believe that the development of independent learning skills allows our students to take more owner- ship of their educaon. Promoon of these skills at an early age will help to prepare them for GCSE , A level and beyond and will also support them in their journey to success across the different subject areas.

Home Learning: x Allows students to prepare for their learning in class, or review topics already taught x Develops student’s independent learning and literacy skills x Provides opportunies for parents to engage with their child’s educaon x Enables students to stretch themselves, extending their learning where possible

Tips for Effecve Home Learning: x Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework. Avoid having your child do home- work with the television on or in places with other distracons. x Help your child with me management. Establish a set me each day for doing homework. Do not let your child leave tasks unl just before bedme. Think about using a weekend morning or aer- noon for working on big projects. x Be posive about their work. Tell your child how important school is. The atude you express about homework will be the atude your child acquires. x Stay informed. Communicate with your child's teacher via their student planner/ diary about the quality and quanty of homework. x Encourage your child to use the school library. This is open during break me, lunch me and aer school. There are lots of resources that can support your child in compleng their tasks.

23 The College system is a valuable part of Academy community life. Students are allocated to a College on entry to the Academy and parcipate in a variety of compeve acvies that promote leadership, crea- vity and collaboraon. Students can gain points for their College through their parcipaon in these events. Points can also be achieved through all aspects of the school by a pupil demonstrang excellent learning, leadership and values.

Each College is named aer a University that is a learning centre of excellence for different core subject areas. Each College has an elected commiee team made up of representaves from Years 7 to 11 who are led by a student College Captain. There are annual elecons in the first week of May for these places on this team and these students are responsible for leading and organising all College acvies.

Imperial – Yellow Cambridge – Red Oxford – Blue Warwick – Green Kings – Purple

24 Every student has a tutor who is responsible for the inial well-being of your child and monitors his or her progress, aendance and behaviour. The tutor is the first point of call for informaon sharing with your child. They are responsible for the delivery of the PSHE curriculum, supporng the development of learn- ing skills and other tutor acvies. Each term the tutor groups will work on the value statement for that term, idenfying world cizens and behaviours that represent the value.

Term 1- Respect

Term 2- Confidence

Term 3- Creavity

Term 4- Determinaon

Term 5- Enthusiasm

Term 6- Ambion

When your child arrives at the academy they will be placed into a college. These colleges are idenfied by colour strips on es or the college name on the blazer. The different colleges compete in compeons throughout the year and celebrate success each term.

There are clear structures at North Oxfordshire Academy to monitor the progress, well being and personal development of every student. The key role and point of contact for you, as parents, is the academy Pasto- ral Leadership Team. Each pastoral leader is responsible for a year group. They work in partnership with the Welfare Managers and are a point of contact for you:

Year 13 Mr Jason Young – [email protected] Year 12 Miss Beth Hall – [email protected] Year 11 Mr Cashel Chilvers - [email protected] Year 10 Miss Jo Bekhradnia - [email protected] Year 9 Mrs Hilary Grady - [email protected] Year 8 Ms Vicky Yaxley – [email protected] Year 7 Mr David Shakespeare - [email protected]

25 Tutor me is very important at North Oxfordshire Academy as it provides your child with a staff mentor at the school. It is also not just a me to take the register and have a chat, but is a valuable learning oppor- tunity with the same expectaons as any other lesson. The metable for tutoring is shown opposite.

Tutor Time: x Links the student and home with school. x Connects the student with school staff and with other students. x Monitors academic and personal progress of the students in their tutor group. x Provides informaon to other staff about their tutees. x Delivers PSHE. x Delivers learning guidance, which improves successful learning out- comes for students

The weekly podcast is a recorded message that provides students with college news and highlights im- portant issues for discussion by staff and students.

The aim of personal, social and health educaon (PSHE) is to give children the knowledge, skills and under- standing they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives. Through a mixture of learning oppor- tunies, including the involvement of outside professionals, our students will develop their understanding of personal and social issues; and tackle many of the moral, social and cultural issues of today.

It is during PSHE in tutor me that your child will learn about the following themes: x Drugs x Sex and Relaonships x Family Relaonships and Celebrang Diversity x Healthy Living and Managing Risk x Enterprise Skills x Personal Finance x Cizenship – life in modern Britain

Elements of PSHE also appear in other areas of academy learning: assemblies, special projects and other subjects areas through the year.

Full details of the PSHE program is available on the Academy website. 26 We believe this programme is unique to North Oxfordshire Academy. No other school in Banbury provides such a range of high quality learning experiences as part of the main curriculum. Our vision is:

To provide a wide range of experiences for our students offering opportunies to develop new skills, in- sights, interests and talents, while providing space for undiscovered potenal to be unlocked and lives en- riched.

How does the PEP programme work? Each Thursday aernoon during Period 4 all academy students have a PEP session as a normal lesson. The aim is that students become “professional” in one enrichment area and work towards an outcome such as an exhibion, a recognised award, or an addional qualificaon.

PEP is an opon choice for Year 7-11 and in Year 12-13 involvement is through support or mentoring roles.

Why are we doing PEP at NOA? To develop wider skills for personal growth and in preparaon for life in the world today both in terms of employment, and further educaon x To develop new ways of learning x To challenge, excite and smulate x To raise aspiraons and to raise achievement

A few examples of the 43 acvies on offer include: Costume Design, GSCE Astronomy, Sports Develop- ment, Ceramics, Masterchef, Chess, Elite Sports, Student Vox Box, Pop Masterclass, String Ensemble, Rock Choir, Gardening for Beginners, Young First Aider, Swimming.

27 Parents are requested not to book holidays during term me

You should only request me off in term me when there are extremely exceponal circumstances. We expect parents to take holidays during normal school holidays.

Absence forms should be handed in to Student Services before me off is booked. The very latest for a Absence Form to be handed in is 3 weeks before departure.

Requests for absence during term me will be considered by a panel consisng of the Principal, the Assis- tant Principal with responsibility for aendance and the Academy Aendance Officer.

Requests for absence during term me will only be considered if there are exceponal circumstances. Par- ents will be expected to explain these circumstances on the absence request form and support any appli- caon with documentaon, such as leers from employers or a doctor’s note. Issues such as parents’ em- ployment condions related to non-negoable holiday dates, the me of year and level of previous aendance may be taken into consideraon. Students are also expected to have a minimum of 95% aendance before any leave request will be considered. Requests based around obtaining cheaper holi- days in term me will not be considered.

If the school refuses a request, but the child is sll taken on holiday, the absence will be recorded as unau- thorised and the maer will be referred to the Aendance & Engagement Service who will issue a Penal- ty Noce Warning. If a second holiday is taken within the next 12 months, the Aendance & Engagement Service will issue a Penalty Noce Fine without further warning. If a Penalty Noce is issued, it carries a fine of £60 per parent per child. i.e. 3 children: 3 x £60 = £180 for each parent, so the total amount for a family with two parents and three children would be £360

The NOA inclusion faculty reflects the naonal changes to SEN to ensure that students are geng the best support available.

We expect teachers and support staff to have high expectaons of all students, whilst offering high levels of support and quality lessons. Outstanding student support in all aspects of school life supports the North Oxfordshire Academy’s core values of enabling the young people we work with to be the best they can be.

We have a skilled and experienced team of professionals in The Link, who work closely with a strong pasto- ral and welfare team to ensure that each individual child receives bespoke and appropriate support. Our team is commied to raising awareness of issues affecng pupils with special educaonal needs.

The support programmes offered to pupils are flexible and varied. Aer assessing a child’s needs, support may include small group work, literacy/numeracy intervenons, mentoring, bespoke resources or support from a teaching assistant in the classroom.

Students with SEN will have a profile, which idenfies their strengths and areas of need, and then offers a range of strategies for teachers to use in the classroom.

28 The NOA Youth Work team provide a range of aer school clubs for all students at the Academy

Year 7 Aer School Clubs Mon Art and Cra Club Wed Computer/X-box club Thurs Baking Club Fri Sports/Games etc…

Youth Clubs Mon - 6.00 - 7:30pm Wed - 6:30 - 8.00pm Open to all year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students

At North Oxfordshire Academy, we have a highly trained and dedicated team who work closely to ensure that your child is able to make rapid progress in their learning.

The team will work closely with your child and you to overcome barriers to learning and achieving.

This team is also the academy’s Safeguarding (Child Protecon) team, so if you have any safeguarding concerns do not hesitate to contact them at the academy. If your child's well-being becomes a concern please also contact this team:

Senior Welfare Manager (KS4 + 5) - Mrs Emma Blane - [email protected]

Year 8 & 9 - Ms Rachel Ealey - [email protected]

Year 7 - Ms Donna Dunleavy - [email protected]

Family & Young People Support Worker – Mrs Louise Manley - Louise.Manley@northoxfordshire- academy.org

29 Mrs Sara Billins Principal [email protected]

Ms Marianne Blake Vice Principal (Curriculum Achievement and Standards) [email protected]

Mrs Ellie Jacobs Vice Principal (Teaching & Learning) [email protected]

Mr Craig Burrows Assistant Principal (Student Behaviour & Aendance) [email protected]

Mr Nick Culley Assistant Principal (KS4 Progress & Achievement) [email protected]

Ms Rebecca Jones Assistant Principal (Inclusion) [email protected]

Ms Leanne Mills Assistant Principal (Training & Development) [email protected]

Ms Louisa Wilkinson Assistant Principal (Student Ethos and Enrichment) [email protected]

Ms Louisa Richards Assistant Principal (Director of Maths) [email protected]

Mr Adam Leyburn Assistant Principal (Director of Sixth Form) [email protected]

30 North Oxfordshire Academy Drayton Road Banbury

OX16 0UD

Tel: 01295 224300

Email: [email protected]

In the event of student illness please call the Student absence line: 01295 234214

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