Additional Information

Trustees are all active participants in the maintenance of a harmonious environment. Everyone has the right to work and move around the academy, feeling safe in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Students are encouraged to report any incidents of bullying and we aim to equip them with the skills and confidence to do this. A range of procedures relating to both victim and offender have been developed. The academy promotes mediation as a way forward in resolving issues between students. Anyone can report bullying by speaking to their Personal Tutor or their Pastoral Manager, or by emailing refernowcg@ universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk Admissions The academy is a selective school, admitting students who have been assessed as suitable for a grammar school in the Medway or Kent Test (11+). In September the academy will offer 150 places for entry into Year 7. Students must reach the age of 11 during the year 1st September to 31st August immediately preceding entry to the academy. Medway Children’s Services, via primary

Hub. The onus is on the student to tell their parents/carers about the detention. Detentions are given for breaches of the academy Code of Conduct. Failure to attend the detention will incur a further sanction. Leadership Points and Rewards Leadership Points is our online student rewards programme for all our students at CG. The online system allows teachers to easily award leadership points, even whilst working remotely, and gives students easy access to remotely check and visually track their leadership points. This can be done via an app on their iPad or by visiting the login page from any web enabled device. Rewards and prizes can be located in our Student Hub – this is a very popular place that students like to visit! Anti-bullying Bullying is defined as the wilful and conscious desire to hurt, threaten or frighten another person. It includes physical assault, derogatory name- calling, insults, graffiti, threatening others, inciting others to bully and theft of or threatening to steal property. Bullying is neither condoned nor overlooked. Parents and carers, staff and

These forms should be returned to the primary school Headteacher. Parents/carers seeking a place at the academy must register their child for the Medway or Kent Test (11+) at the end of Year 5 in order for them to sit the test at the beginning of Year 6, which is normally in early September, the year preceding entry. If there are more applicants than the number of places available, then the places will be allocated according to the following criteria: 1. Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) students and those children in public care. 2. Current family association, i.e. older brother or sister attending any of the UKAT academies at the time of application who will still be attending when the applicant child is admitted and has been deemed selective. In this context, brother or sister means: a natural brother or sister (including adopted siblings); stepbrother or stepsister; foster brother or sister; and/or those who live as brother or sister in the same house. 3. Children, deemed selective, of staff at any UKAT academy (where the member of staff has been employed for one year or more at the time at which the application for admission to the academy is made, and/or

Headteachers, distribute relevant information and forms to parents/ carers of Year 5 students in June.

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