Culture for Success

At Eastern High we want all pupils to succeed in school and in life. The ‘Culture for Success’ has been created to help reward pupils and encourage them to perform to the best of their ability.

Why did we create the Culture for Success?

The Culture for Success is an inclusive rewards system that is aimed at all pupils within the school. It is based on the three R’s used in the school reporting system. Pupils are familiar with this, and it also fits with the school vision and ethos. The idea of the reward system is to boost the confidence of pupils, encourage positive behaviour, promote a positive learning environment and develop a lifelong ethos of wanting to do well.

At Eastern High, our ‘ethos’ is the spirit and culture of the school.

Eastern High’s ethos is based on showing grit, respect and understanding through being ready, respectful and safe. This is part of the Eastern Way.

It is about being in a positive and kind environment where we respect one another so that we can all FLOURISH in life.

The Eastern Way poster below is displayed in all classrooms. It makes the Eastern Way clear and shared for all to see. It shows how to earn green points for being ready, respectful and safe, as well as the expectations for our key routines in the school and the consequences of making poor choices.

We all want our pupils to be ready, respectful and safe so that they can FLOURISH in life.

Culture for Learning

As mentioned on our values page, we acknowledge that young people are still developing not only physically, but also emotionally.   We therefore accept that they will make errors of judgement and misdemeanours will happen.   If we are to educate the whole child, it is important that we educate students with regard to their misdemeanours, rather than give meaningless sanctions.   

Pupils should understand when they have ‘crossed a line’ and accept that there will be consequences. However, these consequences will be educational in nature.   For example, detentions will explore the reasons an incident happened with the student.  Where there is a victim and a perpetrator, there will always be a restorative meeting to ensure issues are not only resolved, but that the perpetrator understands how the victim felt.  These meetings are part of our whole school approach to restorative practices.

The links below will provide you with further information, guidance and policy regarding our Culture for Learning.