Handbooks & Parent Information | Sherfield School, Hampshire

Our school app is the gateway to all the information your parents and guardians will need.

• One-Stop Access: All the functionality of the different platforms we use now under one roof.
• Parent Portal: Located at the bottom of the app, here you can find your child’s timetable, conduct notifications, and view reports at the end of each half term. Please use your usual parent portal password. Other key items located on the parent portal home page are the Parent Information Hub and access to the Clubs/Enrichment platform.
• Useful Links: FoS, Tapestry, SeeSaw, Sports Fixtures, After School Club Booking, Parents Evening, ParentMail, Food Menus, Holiday Camp Booking, Make a Payment, Term Dates, Music Lesson Bookings, School Calendar and our School Socials.
• School News: Stay updated with the latest from our school, drawn directly from our social media pages.

Download the app today from the Google Play or the App Store.

Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/sherfield-school/id6743377548

Google play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schoolwindow.sherfield&pli=1

In our iSAMS Parent Portal/ iParent App you can find your child's timetable, reports, achievement points, attendance and exam timetable. You can also find quick links to some of the tools below, including our school calendar, after-school club booking, sports and fixtures, parents' evening bookings, ParentMail and make absence requests.

Click here to view our Term Dates.

Pupils, parents and staff can access the calendar, fixtures and extra-curricular activities in one place. You can also sign up for clubs and enrichments here. Additionally, it offers live updates, so if fixtures or clubs are cancelled you can immediately see this.                                                                       

In the calendar, you can view events and fixtures as a list or grid, weekly or monthly view. You can also filter the calendar by phase e.g. Seniors; categories e.g. Careers and sports fixtures e.g. Cricket. You can also sync the calendar to your default calendar app if you would find that helpful. On the Sports landing page, you can view all the upcoming fixtures and results.

Each year group or class has a ‘parent liaison’ who manages a WhatsApp group chat. These are used as a communication tool to send messages from our Friends of Sherfield parent association to parents.

For more information on how to be added to one of these groups, if you’re not already, please email hmpa@sherfieldschool.co.uk

An email which goes out the last Friday of every month, during term-time, which includes a summary of any news, notices and events.

We use our newsletter and website to highlight our pupils’ outstanding achievements both inside and out of school; therefore, if you have any news stories and photographs, please share them with your teacher/tutor, who will be happy to pass them to our Marketing team.

The school must have up-to-date records at all times. We send out an annual contact information sheet to ensure we have your correct details and ask that this is returned prior to the start of each new academic year.

Please keep us informed of all current personal details, i.e. address, telephone contact numbers or any other information which you feel may be relevant to us. Please ensure this information is sent to us in writing or is updated via the Parent Portal. It is also essential that the school is aware of any allergies or medical problems concerning your child. Information should be directed to the school nurses, who will ensure that the form tutor and any other staff who need to know are properly informed.

The school’s policy on behaviour is founded upon restorative principles rather than upon those that are punitive, and all pupils are taught, encouraged, and expected to develop and maintain a strong personal integrity that is truthful, generous, courteous, and considerate of the needs of others.

Pupils are expected to have a positive and purposeful attitude to their studies and school lives, and to their relationships with staff and other pupils, and this is recognised as an important part of the education journey. 

The pupil interactions with the school should, at all times, reflect a clear understanding of school regulations, and of the school’s values.

Each year the development of young people brings growing maturity and increasing responsibility.  It is expected that all pupils will progress smoothly to a point where there is an instinctively positive and mature response to others around the school.  The common courtesies to which all our pupils strive are identified as:

• Movement around the school should be with respect for others who share the same space.
• Interaction with other pupils should always be appropriate but especially showing kindness and consideration to those younger or less confident.
• Offensive language is not acceptable and only serves to diminish those who resort to it.
• Interactions with teachers or other adults in the school should be courteous at all times; hands should be removed from pockets when addressing adults.
• Doors should be opened for all adults to allow them to pass through first.
• Acknowledgement of kindness with thanks.

Pupils are responsible for ensuring that each lesson can begin promptly and that the teacher can teach effectively:

• All pupils must arrive on time for lessons with the correct books and equipment.
• If a teacher is not already in the classroom, pupils must line up quietly from the door. This is especially the case for science laboratories, DT workshops or sports facilities.
• All pupils must follow the usual protocols for lessons and follow teacher directives; teachers will elicit feedback from pupils at appropriate times.
• Only the teacher will determine the end of the lesson, and pupils should leave the classroom in an orderly manner and in the condition in which they found it.
• No items are to be taken to class that are likely to cause a distraction or an obstruction.

• Pupils should walk when in the school corridors and narrow pathways between buildings.
• As a general rule, everyone should keep left when passing in corridors.
• Consideration and patience are required when queueing is necessary in the school.

One of the joys of being at Sherfield School is that the beautiful grounds are accessible to pupils.  This exceptional environment needs to be treated with the utmost respect, and whatever activities occur during formal lessons or during break times this asset must be preserved.  Every care must be taken to protect the flora and fauna, and all litter should be deposited in the bins provided around the school.

Carelessly discarded chewing gum has the potential to cause damage. Gum is not allowed in school, including at the end of the school day and during after-school activities. The sanction for chewing gum is likely to be community service such as litter picking with gloves and litter pickers.

Pupils are not allowed to bring mobile phones or iWatches onto the school site.  Should a mobile phone be temporarily required, permission must be sought from the Head of Phase. All mobile phones and electronic devices should be handed to reception for collection at the end of the day.  Phones should not be used in the school following the end of the school day. Any unauthorised phone or iWatch use will result in confiscation.

Exceptionally, the Sixth Form students are allowed to use their mobile phones in the Sixth Form Centre only.  Outside of the Centre, mobile phones must be switched off and stored in a bag or locker.  The phone will be confiscated if it is used during the school day outside the Centre, without the permission of a member of staff.

Pupils must not post negative comments about the school or school staff on the internet, and must not send derogatory texts, emails, or electronic messages or engage in any form of cyberbullying. Photographs of pupils must not be circulated electronically.

Failure to comply with this could result in exclusion.

All pupils should complete work to the best of their ability and on time.  If a problem meeting a deadline is an issue, it should be discussed with the teacher concerned before the work is due.

Pupils must avoid copying or any other form of plagiarism as it subverts the assessment process, is a breach of academic and personal integrity and undermines the standards and reputation of the school.

It is the pupil’s responsibility to ensure that all appropriate and necessary equipment is taken to each lesson.

Pupils will be held responsible for any damage they cause to school property.  The school reserves the right to charge collectively for any damage done by a group of pupils irrespective of each individual’s contribution to that damage.

It is expected that valuables remain at home rather than be brought into school.  If there are unusual circumstances where valuables need to be brought into school, these should be deposited with the class teacher or tutor for safekeeping.  The school cannot be held accountable for any valuables lost or mislaid.

Sixth Form:  Sixth Form pupils follow an alternative dress code to the rest of the school and concerning the use of make-up. Further information may be found in the sixth form handbook link below.

There are clear expectations of student appearance while in school or on school-related activities elsewhere.  Directly students, by their appearance, are representing the ethos of the institution.  The uniform details and policy for the school can be found on this link (click here).

Pupils should always be dressed smartly and according to the uniform policy, this includes journeying to and from school, between lessons, for assemblies, and during breaks and lunchtimes.

A school or sports uniform is an essential part of being a Sherfield pupil, and it is a visible representation of the values held by the institution.  As such all pupils should ensure that they conform to the guidelines and take pride in representing everything for which the school stands.

You can view the uniform handbook here.

Hair must be neat and tidy.

Long hair should be tied back for practical lessons (e.g. Technology, Science, P.E.) with navy or black hair ties.