Wingfield Academy follows closely the guidance from the DFE:
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/behaviour/f0076897/screening
As stated in the Behaviour for Learning Policy the following items are banned from Wingfield Academy. This list is not exhaustive, and also includes any other item deemed an offensive weapon or that a person under 16 years should not be carrying:
- Mobile Phones / MP3s/headphones/Personal game players/cameras/ smart watches (in lessons or corridors)
- Hats or bandanas (except a plain woolly hat in very cold weather)
- Non-regulation jewellery e.g. nose and tongue studs
- Lighters, matches, cigarettes (including e-cigarettes/vapes), tobacco etc.
Staff have the right to confiscate these items if seen and will have to be collected by a parent/carer. Mobile phones, MP3 players, earphones, smartwatches or similar should be placed inside the students Yondr pouch at the beginning of the school day. There are to be no exceptions to this rule. The school is not responsible if items such as the above are lost or stolen. Where there are more serious concerns, the Headteacher, or other designated member of staff (MPR/SRS) may search a student, following the guidance below from the DfE:
“School staff can search a pupil for any item banned under the school rules, if the pupil agrees. Head teachers and staff authorised by them have a statutory power to search pupils or their possessions, without consent, where they suspect the pupil has certain prohibited items. The items that can be searched for under this power are knives or weapons, alcohol, illegal drugs and stolen items. School staff can seize any banned or prohibited item found as a result of a search or which they consider harmful or detrimental to school discipline.”
