CG Parent / Carer Directory

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Relationship, Sex and Health Education: All students receive information and advice regarding Relationships, Sex and Health Education within the PSHE Programme. Reports: Parents/carers will receive progress reports approximately three times throughout the year. Rewards: The academy believes in celebrating and promoting positive achievements for all students. Students are awarded leadership points that equate to certificates and rewards for success in the following areas: academic attendance, progress and attainment, pastoral, community academy service and positive representation through participating in key roles such as student leaders or members of the Student Voice. Points are allocated by staff and recorded through our Leadership Points System. S Safeguarding: As an academy we take safeguarding issues very seriously. If you have a safeguarding concern, please contact a member of the Safeguarding Team by emailing safeguardingcg@ universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk For further information please visit our website www.chathamgrammar.org.uk/ safeguarding-1 Directory A-Z

SENCO: The role of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) is to ensure that students with learning difficulties and additional needs are identified, tracked and well supported to ensure that they make good progress in lessons and over time. The SENCO also enhances the related skills of the teachers to maximise the quality of teaching of their students with special educational needs.If you wish to make an appointment to see the SENCO please contact the academy via phone or email. Sickness: If your child is ill, please notify the Attendance Team at the academy by 9.30am for each day of absence by telephoning: 01634 851262, alternatively you may email on attendancecg@ universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk Smoking: This is illegal on the academy site. This applies to all staff, students, parents/carers and visitors to the academy (see No Smoking). Snow: Closures due to snow will be notified via the academy’s website at: www.chathamgrammar.org.uk. We will also endeavour to send you a text or email so please ensure we have your up to date mobile number and email address. We will always do all we can to keep the academy open.

Educational Needs: If you are worried about your child’s progress, please contact the SENCO. Sports Day: An annual event held in Term 6. Student Pass: If a student needs to leave the academy during the day for an appointment with the dentist or doctor (or any other reasons supported by a parent/carer note), they must obtain a Student Pass from Student Services. They should carry this with them when attending appointments to show the Police or Educational Welfare Officer who may be undertaking truancy sweeps in the area. Student Voice: These are voluntary groups of students that represent their academy. The Student Voice looks at how they can develop the academy for the needs and interests of the students. Suspension: Although this happens rarely, if a student has been continually disruptive, sworn at a member of staff, initiated a fight, bullied others or made offensive sexist, racist, or homophobic comments or failed to follow the Academy Code of Conduct then the following actions will apply: they may be suspended for a number of days (FTS), or sent to our Exclusion Centre (EC) or the Exclusion Room (ER). Continued disruption or an unprovoked and vicious assault on another member