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Home College Agreement

This is a copy of Ivybridge Community College’s Home College Agreement that all students and parents
have agreed to support in order to fulfil their educational needs in a safe and fulfilling manner.

Student Agreement Parent/Carer Agreement
Home College Agreement Home College Agreement
The Home College Agreement is an important part of The Home College Agreement is an integral part
our College approach to establish a genuine of our College’s approach to establish a genuine
partnership between the College, parents and partnership between the College, parents and
students. The Agreement is to clarify the Standards students.
and Expectations that the College has of our The Agreement is to clarify the Expectations that
students, to enable ALL students to be a positive the College has of our parents/carers in support of
the College. This support will allow your child to
member of our College Community and, in doing so, contribute towards a safe, responsible, respectful
contribute towards a safe, responsible, respectful and and effective learning environment, enabling your
effective learning environment. child to be a positive member of our College
Community.
The College Behaviour policy is available on the
College website The College Behaviour policy is available on the
As a student of Ivybridge Community College I will College website
commit fully to the life of the College and actively As a parent/carer of a student at Ivybridge
support the wellbeing of others by following the Community College I/we will commit fully to the life
College’s PACE expectations. of the College and actively support the wellbeing of
our child by following the College’s PACE expectations.
P Pride in Presentation Pride in Presentation
• I will arrive to College and lessons on time • We will make certain that our child attends
• I will be organised bringing the correct College every day, except in cases of genuine
equipment to College each day (Super 7) illness or another legitimate reason. We will
• I will always wear my College uniform correctly endeavour to schedule routine doctor and
and smartly every day to, from and in College, dentist appointments outside of College hours.
and take pride in my appearance adhering to If our child is absent, we will telephone the
the College expectations in relation to jewellery, College before 9.00am on the day of the
make-up and hairstyle absence to report the reason
• I will take pride in my work and present it to the • We will not plan for family holidays, or other
best of my ability. absences during term time. We accept that the
College will refer any unauthorised absence of
this nature to the Educational Welfare Officer,
which may result in the issuing of a fixed penalty
• We will ensure that our child arrives on time for
College. Where there is a genuine reason, we
will inform the College using the correct
channels of communication
• We will make sure our child wears the full
College uniform both to and from College each
day and adheres to the College expectations
in relation to jewellery, make-up and hairstyle
• We will ensure that our child is provided with the
correct equipment for learning (Super 7) and a
suitable bag to keep their College work neat and
tidy.

A Attitude to Learning Attitude to Learning
• We respect the vision and ethos of the College: • We will respect the vision and ethos of the
The Ivybridge Way College: The Ivybridge Way
• We support the College PACE approach. This • We support the College PACE approach. This
includes accepting the use of rewards and includes accepting the use of rewards and
sanctions to support our child meeting the sanctions to support me meeting the College’s
College’s high standards and expectations
high standards and expectations
• We will support the Virtues of Ivybridge: Courage, • We will support the College staff, communicating
Honesty, Authenticity, Respect, Ambition, Charity, with mutual respect in order to support our
Tolerance, Empathy and Resilience and in doing child’s progress as an individual during my
so they will develop as an individual during their
journey at Ivybridge. journey at Ivybridge.
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