Home School Agreement

PACA Home School Agreement

Review date: September 2025

At PACA we know that to achieve the best education for a child there needs to be a strong and effective partnership between the school, parents/carers, and the child. Ultimately we want to see a common approach, based on a good understanding of what we all need to do to get the best for all children who attend PACA. Our overall approach is established on the idea of four respects: respect for others, for ourselves, for our shared environment and a respect for learning.

Using this as our starting point, we set out the following points to give detail to what we want to achieve:

The school will aim to:

Provide a learning environment that is stimulating, safe and caring
Treat all students fairly
Expect high standards, set clear rules, promote mutual respect and develop a sense of responsibility
Challenge and support students to reach their full potential and promote positive behaviour and attitudes
Communicate effectively with parents and carers in line with the school keeping in touch policy
Make available the school policies and procedures
Reward success, achievements, and all forms of positive contribution
Start and finish the school day punctually
Explain to students and their families how they are progressing in their learning and what they need to do to reach their targets
Take into account additional needs and requirements a student and their family may have
Listen to parents’, carers’, students’ concerns and take action where necessary
Address behaviour concerns through the consistent use of the school sanction system

Our students will aim to:

Respect themselves: be punctual, correctly dressed and equipped for school. Behave at all times as a good ambassador for the school, in and out of school. Take responsibility for any behaviour that does not meet academy expectations, including attending detentions.
Respect others: cooperate with teachers and students, choosing kind behaviour, and taking responsibility for the impact of actions and words on others.
Respect our environment: treat the school, its facilities and our local environment with consideration for others.
Respect learning: show commitment to learning and seek to make progress, complete home learning on time, and engage with the full range of opportunities at PACA.

To support this parents and carers will aim to:

Support their child with coming to school on time each day
Ensure their child complies with the school uniform and equipment regulations
Work actively with the school to put right any difficulties over attendance and punctuality
Support the school in the behaviour policy
Log into MCAS (My child at school) to check updates and parents’ evenings
Encourage their child with their homework
Support their child with following the school policies and procedures, including attending detentions
Communicate with the school, and all members of the school community in a respectful manner, not causing distress or offense to adults or students
Ensuring that the standards of respectful communication apply to any online posting or social media comments