Boarding Discipline Standards – Consequences applied each term
Action
Consequence
Consequence for
Repeat Infringement
1st time – verbal warning
2nd time – verbal warning
3rd time – cleaning/gardening duties the
next day
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
1st time – verbal warning
2nd time – verbal warning
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
 Late to meals
1st time – verbal warning
2nd time – late table for one week
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
 Late to prep
1st time – verbal warning
2nd time – verbal warning
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
 Late to chapel
1st time – verbal warning
2nd time – written apology to Reverend
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
1st time - Gated for one week
Gated for two weeks
Referred to DOB
1st time - verbal warning
2nd time - bed tipped or cleaning duties
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
 Not completing duties
1st time - verbal warning
Cleaning duties given in dining hall
Gated for one week
 Incorrect attire
eg pyjamas to breakfast, no
shoes on around College,
scarves or cardigans at
formal dinner
1st time - verbal warning
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
1st time - verbal warning
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
1st time - verbal warning
2nd time - sent back to House Manager
Referred to DOB
Bedtime/Lights Out
 Talking after lights out
repeatedly
 Late to bed
 Being out of bed in other
cubicles/rooms after lights
out
Lateness - Unauthorised
 Not leaving house by 8.20am
on school days
Absence - Unauthorised
 Absent from meals
 Absent from prep
 Absent from chapel
Untidiness
 Cubicles left untidy
Disruptive Behaviour
 Inappropriate behaviour
 Talking in prep
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 Talking/fidgeting in chapel or 1 time – verbal warning
2nd time – written apology
dinner
Referred to DOB
Boarding Discipline Standards – Consequences ongoing for whole year
Disobedience/Disrespectfulness
Apology letter written and gated for two
 Rudeness to staff
weeks and/or cleaning duties
 Disobedience
 Behaviour which belongs BH
into disrepute
Leave
 Not signing out/in when
leaving/entering the BH for
around school and out of
school
 Going off site without
permission
Technology
 Misuse of cell phone – eg;
being used during prep,
taken to chapel or dining
room or used at
inappropriate times
Y11-12 used after lights out
Y7-10 not handing phone in
 Misuse of laptops during
prep
 Misuse of laptops after lights
out
Damage to Property
 Accidental by inappropriate
behaviour
 Deliberate acts of vandalism
eg graffiti
Bullying
Theft
 Theft of boarder property
Smoking/Alcohol/Drugs
Referred to DOB
1st time - verbal warning
2nd time - verbal warning
Gated for one week
Referred to DOB
Letter to parents from DOB and gated
for two weeks. Phone confiscated for
one week.
Check in times with staff allocated
Referred to Principal
Parents notified and
1st time – confiscated for one week
2nd time – confiscated for two weeks
3rd time – confiscated until end of term
Referred to DOB
Confiscation except for day school and
prep. Prep to be done in House
manager’s office.
Parents notified and
1st time – confiscated for one week
2nd time – confiscated for two weeks
3rd time – confiscated until end of term
Referred to DOB
Referred to DOB
Confiscation except for day school and
prep. Laptop to be handed in to House
manager, parents notified and
1st time – confiscated for one week
2nd time – confiscated for two weeks
3rd time – confiscated until end of term
Remedy any damage caused and pay
associated costs
Referred to DOB. Remedy any damage
caused and pay associated costs.
Parents notified. Gated for two weeks.
Follow College guidelines
Referred to DOB
Referred to Principal
Report to Principal by DOB
Report to Principal by DOB
All disciplinary action is at the discretion of the Director of Boarding. Gatings may be Monday to Friday or
Monday to Sunday.