There will be three reporting points per year for both year groups:

October (to go out before half term) - progress
    report with targets
December - parents' consultation evening
End of March - full report (to include results from
    any modules taken in January along with relevant
    follow-up)

Attendance will be electronically monitored through Eportal on day to day basis by the Sixth Form Administrator. It is vitally important that an electronic register is taken in every lesson, to ensure the accuracy of this information.

Students or parents can phone to notify the college of an absence.

Persistent absence will be identified by the Sixth Form Administrator and the relevant Academic Tutor will be notified to investigate in the first instance.

Where teaching staff identify a concerning pattern of absence in their subject area they should contact the Academic Tutor to follow-up.

If you have a student who is persistently late to your lessons, please arrange for them to make up missed time and notify their Academic Tutor to log. The Academic Tutor will inform the Head of Sixth Form and Deputies and discuss students of concern during tutor meetings.

There will be three formal reporting points to parents and students.

Concerns about effort, commitment and homework should be dealt with in department areas. Teachers should notify the relevant Academic Tutor of their concerns and the action taken. Academic Tutors will then be able to identify patterns across subject areas and use this information during the one-to-one sessions with their tutees.

A student will receive a verbal warning from their Academic Tutor, subject teacher, or Head of Department. Notification that this has been given should be sent to the Academic Tutor to log.

If the poor behaviour, attendance and/or effort persists, the Head of Department and Academic Tutor will liaise with a member of the Sixth Form Leadership Team, and parents will be contacted. If necessary, a level 1 Contract of Study will be negotiated consisting of a written warning and targets for improvement. Parents will be sent a copy of the contract.

Should problems persist, a meeting should be convened between the student, parents, a member of the Sixth Form Leadership Team and the Academic Tutor. It may be appropriate to negotiate a level 2 Contract of Study which sets out specific conditions for the student’s continuance in Sixth Form.

Contracts of Study will be reviewed regularly.

A single serious breach of behaviour expectations could result in a student being required to remain at home pending enquiries into the incident. A return to college will be contingent upon a Readmission Interview. It may be appropriate to invite parents to attend this interview.

In the rare instance where a student repeatedly fails to meet the expectations outlined in the Sixth Form Code of Practice this could, in the final instance, result in a student having their place at Comberton Sixth Form withdrawn. In this case, a student would have the right of appeal.