Behaviour assessment
Here we describe how we set the behaviour grade in Grades 4–8 and what we take into account.
In Grades 1–3 the behaviour grade is descriptive and forms part of the student's descriptive assessment.
Scale
| Grade | In brief |
|---|---|
| exemplary | the student meets the requirements for “very good” and is a role model for others |
| very good | the student fulfils their duties and goes beyond them, for the class, the school or others |
| good | the student fulfils their duties and follows the rules – this is the starting grade |
| satisfactory | minor, repeated breaches of the rules occur |
| unsatisfactory | the student often breaks the rules and does not improve their behaviour despite conversations |
| reprehensible | serious breaches of the rules, a danger to themselves or others |
What we take into account
| Area | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Meeting responsibilities | attendance, punctuality, preparation for lessons, meeting deadlines |
| Good manners | how you treat others, language, dress at ceremonies |
| Attitude towards others | responding when someone is hurt, helping, teamwork |
| Activities for the school and others | student council, volunteering, taking part in events, representing the school |
| Looking after safety | following the rules, not putting yourself or others at risk |
| Use of phones and other devices | following school rules, respecting other people's image rights |
The behaviour grade does not depend on academic results, family situation, personality or the student's beliefs.
How we decide the grade
Student's self-assessment
The student assesses their own behaviour against the criteria.
Class opinion
Classmates give their opinion.
Teachers' comments
Teachers who teach the class pass their observations on to the form teacher.
Form teacher's decision
The form teacher sets the grade, taking into account all opinions and their own observations.
Self-assessment and the class opinion help the form teacher, but they are not a vote. The grade is set by the form teacher.
The form teacher gives the predicted grade a week before the teaching staff council's classification meeting. A predicted “unsatisfactory” or “reprehensible” grade is communicated a month in advance.
When the grade is lower
We lower the grade for repeated breaches of the rules, not for a single incident. The exception is particularly serious acts: violence, intimidation, theft, deliberate damage to property and publishing other people's images without consent.
A student can always put things right. The form teacher agrees with them what exactly they can do and takes this into account in the end-of-year grade.
Behaviour grade and moving up a year
As a rule, the behaviour grade does not affect promotion to the next grade or finishing school.
The regulations provide for one exception. When a student receives a reprehensible end-of-year behaviour grade for another year in a row, the teachers' council may decide not to promote them or not to let them finish school.
It does, however, affect the certificate with distinction, which requires at least a “very good” behaviour grade. A certificate with distinction gives the student extra points in admissions to secondary school.
Objections to the grade
The student or parent can raise objections with the head teacher within two working days after the end of lessons in the school year. The objections concern whether the grade was set in line with the regulations.
If the head teacher finds that the rules were breached, a committee sets the grade again by vote. Under the regulations, the committee's grade cannot be lower than the one set earlier and is final.