'Behaviour is impeccable throughout the school'

SIAMS Inspection Report 2022

At Four Marks Primary School, our overarching ambition is to create an inclusive school where children are supported to become confident, prosocial (positive and helpful behaviour that promotes friendship) members of our school community who have both the skills and the intrinsic motivation to do the right thing, whether or not someone is watching. We believe our responsibility lies not only with the present but also empowering children to develop the skills to become great future citizens who contribute positively to the communities in which they live.

We recognise that, as with all learning, children will enter our school gates at very different stages. Some children will already have developed skills, other children will need greater support to follow routines, and work and play successfully with others. Our inclusive school needs to be a place where every member feels safe, content and able to learn.

We want to inspire children to set aspirational goals for themselves and be intrinsically motivated to achieve them. We also know that some children will find meeting our high expectations much harder; as such we will always combine our very high expectations with equally high support. Every child deserves a champion - we will never give up on a child. When children do not meet expectations, we will focus on working with them so they can do better next time. At the same time, we will make sure things are in place to ensure all those around them are safe, content and able to learn.

We use the Empowerment Approach to help children to understand how their own brains work, and in turn why they may be showing a certain behaviour or finding something difficult. The view of the adults is to always remain curious and address the underlying cause of a behaviour in a supportive way to help teach a child how to do better when faced with the same situation in the future.

You can read about the Empowerment Approach and our approach to supporting positive behaviour in our Behaviour Policy.

You can find our full Behaviour Policy on our Policies page. 

'The school’s Christian ethos underpins behaviour management through the practice of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Play leaders have responsible roles in helping to resolve disagreements amicably and forgivingly.'

(SIAMS Inspection Report 2022)