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College Culture, Behaviour and Attendance

Leeds City College provides a secure, welcoming and friendly learning environment where you can feel safe, enjoy learning and can achieve your goals.

Our expectations card, given to you at the start of your time with us, is a reminder of our culture. This is how we will behave towards you and how we expect you to act during your time at college.

How we will behave towards you:

  • We will treat you with respect and kindness
  • We will listen to you and involve you
  • We will ensure that you have opportunities to develop yourself and build your future
  • We will be here for you

How we expect you to act:

  • You will treat others with respect and kindness
  • You will be honest with yourself and others
  • You will take this opportunity to develop yourself and build your future
  • You will give yourself the chance to succeed by attending every lesson

Our values:

  • Inspiring
  • Passionate
  • Collaborative
  • Aspirational
  • Celebrate Individuality
  • Respectful

Our ‘I’m IN’ strategy promotes an inclusive culture so that all students feel welcome.

Students can expect to be:

  • INCLUDED and respected
  • INSPIRED by your teachers
  • INFLUENCED by inventive learning experiences
  • INFORMED of all the opportunities for you to get involved
  • INDIVIDUALLY supported
  • INSTRUMENTAL in change by being listened to in innovative learning environments
  • Supported in INCREASING your potential and making the progress that you are capable of!

We will expect students to be:

  • IN on time
  • INCLUSIVE and respectful of all others
  • INQUISITIVE and take an active part in your learning
  • INVOLVED in everything you can be – in and out of class
  • INDEPENDENT
  • INFLUENTIAL by having a voice in college
  • Proactive, make INCREDIBLE progress and be the best you can be.

Behaviour

We ask that students treat each other and our staff with respect, kindness and honesty. We promote open communication and encourage positive relationships across the college.

We will not tolerate behaviours that negatively affect students or staff – including bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment and threatening behaviour. If this does happen, we encourage you to talk to your tutors or a member of staff. We will work with the students involved to repair harm and ensure negative behaviour is not repeated.

If someone’s behaviour is unsafe or you are worried about them, you can report it to the Stay Safe team by clicking on this link.

Attendance

We want to make sure that you get the most out of your time at college, and this is only possible if you attend your classes.

If for any reason you cannot make your lesson, you must let us know. Call our attendance line on 0800 652 0335 and provide your student ID number, reason for absence and your tutor’s name.