Professional Code of Conduct

The purpose of this code is to support communications within the school and to enable the effectiveness of, and consistency approach to, all activities relating to the professional development of staff. It contains common and collegiate goals for all staff and can be applied within the context of the school aims and objectives as well as within specific roles and responsibilities. It is designed to encourage an approach which promotes equal worth for individual and groups of staff, whilst providing for an entitlement to all relevant activities and opportunities.

All staff at the school will:

treat every other member of staff with mutual respect;

operate in a supportive and open climate;

value the feelings, views and opinions of all staff equally;

celebrate strengths as well as identifying points for development wherever possible;

keep confidentiality where it has been agreed;

give and receive effective feedback in a positive and constructive environment;

beware of the audience and keep all discussions at a professional level at all times;

not discuss pupils or other staff in the company of individual or groups of pupils;

engage in a review of the code of practice at regular intervals.

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