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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 Isolation room (IR). Continued disruption or an unprovoked and vicious assault on another member of the academy may lead to a permanent exclusion. Parents/carers will be informed. Please note students who misbehave on the way to and from the academy will also be subject to the academy’s disciplinary procedures and sanctions. Please refer to Chatham Grammar's Behaviour policy.

Syllabuses/Schemes of Work: These relate to information about individual subject content and how learning is taught at the academy. Social Media : We use social media to promote and inform our parents/carers about student and academy activities. You can find our social media platforms on the home page of our Chatham Grammar website. Please follow us to keep updated on our news and events. T Timetable: Students follow a timetable and this tells them which subjects they have on each day, at what time and where. Please keep a copy/note of it at home. Trainers: These are not part of the academy uniform and are only allowed for PE and not in lessons. Please note, trainers for PE must be non-marking trainers to avoid marking the sports floors. Students who choose to wear trainers to the academy will be asked to change. Trips: A number of trips are held each year at the academy. The majority of trips are covered by the Lifetime Activities/Trips Permission to

Participate Form which parents/carers are asked to complete in Year 7, or on entry to the academy. However, a letter will be sent home for each trip giving details of the visit and how to apply. Truancy: Students found to be truanting from the academy will be reported to the Attendance Advisory Practitioner and parents/carers will be contacted (see Attendance). U UKAT: Is the acronym for the University of Kent Academies Trust. The newly established UKAT is responsible for the governance of Chatham Grammar and Brompton Academy. Please see our UKAT website for further information UKAT Dogs: At UKAT we have a group of very friendly dogs that are either trained Dog Mentors or Therapy Dogs and these work with our students in groups or through one-to-one programmes. When our dogs are based in an area of the academy we use signage to show students and staff that we have dogs working inside the academy so students and staff can choose to avoid these areas if they prefer not to meet our furry friends. about the Trust. www.university ofkentacademiestrust.org.uk