We feel that the changes made to the behaviour policy by the Athena Learning Trust have been detrimental to our children’s education and mental health. 

Children are regularly being sanctioned for minor infringements and are therefore missing vital lessons. They are expected to sit in complete silence in many lessons. They are being made to copy from the same low level maths booklet several times a week. They are coming home in tears, not wanting to go to school at all, or requesting to be moved. 

It appears that all children are being collectively punished. The environment that has been created is extremely harmful to their education and wellbeing.

Their behaviour policies are discriminatory to neurodiverse children.

We believe the school need to review the changes made; stop using collective punishment, stop silent working, stop mindless copying, stop needless sanctions.

The school is an education setting for children to learn and flourish, it is not a punishment.