House Rules

The following rules apply to Fonthill House. They are either house-specific, or are a re-iteration of School Rules that are particularly important. All members of Fonthill are asked to read and sign a copy of these rules at the start of the academic year.

1. Members of the house are expected to fully support Fonthill wherever possible – the house ethos as well as its specific events and competitions. 2. All house members are expected to co-operate with staff and prefects. 3. All Fonthill members are expected to behave with good sense, good manners and good will at all times, and show friendliness, helpfulness and sensitivity to others. 4. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated. 5. School rules regarding dress and uniform (including hair and make-up) must be followed by all pupils at all times. Neat, tidy and appropriate personal presentation should be the aim of all members of the house. 6. The fabric of the house - furniture / belongings / communal areas - must be treated with respect and care. This includes the Locker Room and the

Creed Room, as ‘extensions’ of the main house space. 7. All members are responsible for keeping the house clean and tidy, including using plates when eating, washing up / loading the dishwasher, putting rubbish / recycling in appropriate bins etc. 8. Pupils using the television in the Common Room must ensure that their viewing is age-appropriate.

Should this not be the case, duty staff may ask pupils to switch the television off. 18 certificate films are not to be viewed at any time. 9. No pupil may visit the house during lessons, unless with the permission of a member of staff. 10. Visitors from other houses (including boys’ houses) are welcome in the house at Quarter, Lunchtime and after lessons, but must be signed in by a member of Fonthill, who is then responsible for their guest’s behaviour. Only one guest per Fonthill member is allowed. 11. No day pupil visitors are allowed in boarders’ bedrooms. 12. All pupils are expected to be punctual for morning registration and prep (if staying for this). 13. All day pupils are expected to sign out from the

Fonthill Office at the end of the school day (5.20pm). Permission to leave early may be given after a written request from parent / guardian. No signing out from the School Office, without good reason to do so. 14. Use of mobile phones in the house spaces must be in line with the rules in the rest of the School. No mobile phones should be used at Registration or during other communal house gatherings e.g. assemblies / house notices. 15. All school meals during the week are compulsory.

No substitute ‘meals’ may be prepared or consumed in the house. 16. Smoking (including e-cigarettes) or possessing / consuming alcohol in the house are considered very serious breaches of trust, and will be dealt with in line with the School Policies.

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House Sanctions

Breaches of these house rules (especially persistent breaches) will result initially in warnings, followed by sanctions being applied. Details of these are recorded in the House Sanctions Book, which is checked regularly by members of the Senior Management Team, especially Mr Harding, Head of Boarding.

Sanctions are commensurate with the misdemeanour, and may include the following:

• Pupils may be asked to pay for damage caused to the house through irresponsible behaviour • Pupils may be banned from certain areas of the house if their behaviour falls below the expectation. The length of any ban will depend on the seriousness of the offence • Pupils may be asked to clean up any mess in communal areas directly attributable to them. This includes the Locker Room and Creed Room • Infringements relating to mobile phone use may result in the pupil being asked to hand in their phone to a member of staff for a specified length of time (usually until the end of the School day) • Persistent lateness for registrations or failure to sign out may result in communication with home, a house detention in activity time (4.30pm 5.30pm), or be elevated to a School detention with the Deputy Head (Friday 5.30pm - 6.30pm) • Persistent infringements relating to dress / uniform / makeup / hair / jewellery will result in the same sanctions as above