Our policies and reports
Our policies and reports help families understand how our school works. Our annual report and school plan show what we’ve done and how we’re improving each year. Our policies address attendance, absences, behaviour, uniform and how we respond to your concerns.
Annual school report
Each year, we share our progress in the annual school report. It gives families a clear picture of how our school is performing and how we’re supporting every student’s success. The report reflects our commitment to openness, accountability and continuous improvement.
The report includes:
- what we’re doing well and where we’re improving
- student achievement and academic progress
- our school vision and goals
- key highlights and milestones
- challenges we’ve faced and how we’re addressing them.
School excellence plan
Our school excellence plan (SEP) is a working document that shows our priorities in learning, teaching and leading. It explains our focus areas for improvement and how we plan to get there. We write our SEP with help from our school community so it reflects our shared priorities.
School behaviour support and management plan
Our school has a school behaviour support and management plan (SBSMP). The SBSMP helps us create a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment for all students. It sets clear expectations for student behaviour. This includes how we respond to bullying and cyberbullying. We work together with our school community to shape the plan and review it each year.
Student recognition policy
Ku-ring-gai High School is a positive and safe learning environment that promotes wellbeing of all students and encourages co-operation by implementing strategies that foster pro-social behaviour, positive relationships and a climate of respect. This enables young people to have their needs supported and gives them opportunities to thrive. We teach and model the behaviours we value in our students.
The Recognition System Overview
Our Recognition System encourages and recognises a students’ hard work, improvement or dedication to curricular and extracurricular activities as well as those who are positive ambassadors for the school. The Merit and Awards allocated to students can be viewed by staff on Sentral, by students on Sentral Student Portal and Parents/Caregivers on Sentral Parent Portal.
Discipline policy
At Ku-ring-gai High School, we implement teaching and learning approaches to support the development of skills needed by students to meet our high standards for respectful, safe and engaged behaviour, as per expectations of positive behaviour for learning strategies. Our student behaviour management procedure utilises a four-colour card system, which assists students to set personal goals that will assist in improving behavioural outcomes.
Attendance policy
As a parent or carer, you are responsible for ensuring your child attends school every day when they are of compulsory school age. You must explain all absences to the school within 7 days. Absences can be explained via reply to daily absence/late arrive SMS, email, absentee letter, or a phone call to the school.
School uniform policy
This school’s community has determined that Ku-ring-gai High School is a uniform school and all students are expected to wear the regulation uniform set out in this policy. The uniform policy, for both the junior and senior school, was developed after much consultation with the parent community. The Ku-ring-gai High School uniform reflects school community standards and expectations.
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