These three principles – Ready, Safe, and Kind – form the bedrock of SKOLA's behaviour policy and expectations. They are vital for creating a positive, consistent, and respectful environment, and they apply equally to everyone in our community – both staff and students. Understanding, demonstrating, and reinforcing these principles is a key part of your role.

• Ready: This means being prepared, punctual, focused, and properly equipped for your specific role and responsibilities.

  • What it looks like: Arriving on time for duties, following the SKOLA Teaching Framework and curriculum (for teaching staff), having necessary materials, communicating clearly and purposefully with colleagues and students, being organised.

  • What it's not: Being late, unprepared for lessons or activities, lacking necessary equipment, unclear communication.

• Safe: This is our top priority – actively ensuring the physical, emotional, and psychological safety and well-being of our students and staff.

  • What it looks like: Rigorously following all safeguarding procedures (you'll receive specific training on this), conducting risk assessments for activities and trips, maintaining clear professional boundaries, supervising students appropriately, using equipment correctly, communicating in a way that makes others feel secure and recording then reporting all concerns in a timely manner. 

  • What it's not: Neglecting supervision, ignoring safety rules, engaging in or allowing dangerous behaviour, inappropriate communication or boundary crossing, failing to report concerns.

• Kind: This means interacting with everyone politely, supportively, considerately, and with empathy.

  • What it looks like: Speaking respectfully to students, parents, agents, and colleagues, fostering teamwork and mutual trust, actively listening, offering help and encouragement, challenging unkind behaviour (like bullying, exclusion, gossip, or derogatory language) calmly and appropriately.

  • What it's not: Rudeness, dismissiveness, participating in gossip, bullying, discriminatory language or actions.

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Putting Principles into Practice Every Day:

Your behaviour sets the tone. By consistently modelling 'Ready, Safe, Kind,' you create a positive learning atmosphere.

• Focus on the Positive: Give your '1st Attention' to students who are meeting expectations – reinforce the behaviour you want to see.

• Use Routines: Employ established SKOLA routines like 'Meet & Greet' (welcoming students purposefully) and 'End & Send' (dismissing calmly and clearly). These routines help students feel Safe and demonstrate that staff are Ready.

• Be the Example: Your daily interactions are the most powerful way to demonstrate and encourage Kindness.

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