Positive Behaviour and  Anti-Bullying Policy 

Our Values: Compassion| Respect | Courage  

Vision and Values 

Through our core Christian values of Courage, Compassion and Respect, we aim to create an environment in which every child feels safe, secure and flourishes. Within a place of kindness, they will grow into individuals who believe in themselves and know that they are an important part of their community. Given outstanding opportunities for learning, they will have the drive to take on new challenges, the resilience to cope with life’s hurdles and know that they can learn from mistakes made. By fostering positive relationships, our children and staff will be empowered to be the best they can be. 

At St Luke’s, we believe that secure and positive relationships, built through a culture of epistemic trust, will enable our children to thrive. Epistemic trust is the trust of knowledge’ that it is reliable and dependable. Therefore, for our children to flourish socially, academically and emotionally we prioritise positive relationships. 

We recognise that good behaviour is recognised sincerely rather than just rewarded. Children are praised publicly and supported with behaviour with respect and consideration to their needs. 

‘’When people talk about behaviour, they obsessively search for the instant solution. Some peddle magic dust or ‘behaviour systems’ that glisten yet quickly fade. Others relentlessly scream for a bigger stick to beat students down with. Both extremes harbour an irresistible idea that there is a short cut to changing behaviour. They sell the lie that you can provoke sustained behavioural change in others without doing much hard work yourself. The truth is that there is no alternative to the hard work: building relationships with those who would rather not, resetting expectations with those who trample them, being relentlessly positive and sustaining a poker face when confronted with challenging behaviour.’’ 

Paul Dix, Pivotal Education