Brockenhurst College | Brock is one of the most successful Sixth Form colleges in the UK, offering A levels, Vocational, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships, Business courses.College Charter
The College Charter is a transparent agreement between us as a College and its learners. This agreement can be seen in the College Code of Conduct.
It aims to clearly communicate what you can expect from us and what we expect from you as learners at Brock.
This helps us to ensure that all of our learners needs are being met and that everyone is treated fairly and equally.
As a College we will...
- Value everyone equally without exception.
- Listen.
- Keep working to make College life even fairer and better.
- Create a culture where your best is ‘the norm’.
- Challenge and give support to achieve aspirations.
- Inspire, motivate and keep you informed.
- Provide you with a safe and secure campus.
- Help you plan your future.
- Give guidance to help you decide on the best programme for you now and in the future.
- Provide career information, advice and guidance.
- Support you in your learning and help with your individual needs.
- Provide good teaching to enable you to learn and develop.
- Set SMART targets to help you achieve.
- Give regular and constructive feedback to help you develop.
- Provide feedback which will help you know what you need to work on to progress and reach your potential.
- Deal promptly and fairly with any complaints you may have.
- Support you to develop moral, cultural and self-awareness.
- Help you develop employability skills.
As a student you will...
- Have 100% attendance.
- Attend and engage in all classes and tutor sessions without fail.
- Make the most of all opportunities to make decisions about your future, e.g. Next Steps.
- Make Brock a safe community and wear your College student ID, in the Brock student lanyard visible around your neck at all times whilst on campus.
- Respect and observe our rules and regulations.
- Respect the rights and privacy of others.
- Respect and promote British Values. (1) democracy – everyone’s opinion counts, (2) abiding by the rules of law, (3) respecting and tolerating people of all backgrounds and cultures, ages, genders, sexualities, religions and beliefs, (4) respecting all individuals’ freedom of speech.
- Behave in an orderly manner in your academic and recreational activities on and off of campus and in your daily life.
- Arrive to all lessons on time. You will be marked as late on the register if you are not at the start of the session.
- Be a proud ambassador for the College and represent Brock in a manner that promotes our reputation.
- Use the VESPA framework to support your achievements.
- Make sure someone informs us if you are unable to attend College.
- Not use your mobile phone in class (unless the teacher gives permission).
- Have your mobile on silent, in your bag and not on your desk.
- Understand that the College is a smoke free zone and that smoking or vaping is not permitted in the College campus or surrounding areas.
- Hand in all homework and coursework by the deadline set.
- Keep us up to date with your contact details.
- Show respect to all of the Brock community.
- Discuss any concerns you have over other people’s behavior with a teacher or the Pastoral and Welfare Manager.
- Abide by the Learning Resource Centre regulations.
- Abide by the College’s IT and telecommunication systems, regulations, policies and procedures handbook. Otherwise face disciplinary action.
Policies & Procedures
- Academic appeals procedure October 2020
- Academic offence policy (overarching)
- Admissions policy and procedure July 2020-2021
- Anti-bullying policy
- Armed forces corporate covenant
- Assessment boards policy and procedure October 2020
- Assessment malpractice policy
- Attendance and engagement policy July 2020-2021
- Behaviour and learner disciplinary policy and procedure
- Careers policy
- Centre guidance on use of word processors in public examinations and controlled assessments
- Child protection policy October 2020
- Annex to child protection policy
- Complaints policy and procedure – June 2020
- Conflict of interest policy
- Controlled assessment policy October 2020
- Data protection policy
- Debt management policy 2019-2022
- Development of learning strategy 2019 – 2022
- Equality & diversity policy – October 2020
- Equality and diversity staff profile January 2019
- Fitness to study policy July 2020-2021
- Health and safety policy – July 2020
- Homestay statement of principles and practice – December 2020
- IT policies & procedures handbook
- Learner code of conduct 2020
- Learner code of conduct COVID-19 – September 2020
- Missing student policy
- Plagiarism policy
- Progression policy
- Providing remote education information to parents 2021
- Recognition of prior learning policy
- Student finance support policy – July 2020-2021
- Social media and networking policy for students July 2020-2021
- Social media policy annex – staff guidance for video conferencing Jan 2021
- Social media policy annex – student and parent guidance for video conferencing learning Jan 2021
- Sub contracting policy July 2020-2021
- Submission procedure for formally assessed work – October 2020
- Trans equality policy statement
- Tuition fees policy
- Quality of education strategy 2020-21 – July 2020
- Visitor policy
- Whistleblowing policy
For further policies please see: Equality & Diversity
We'd love to hear your feedback
We welcome feedback from customers and learners, whether we have been successful in meeting your needs, or if our services have not met your expectations. If you register a complaint, it will be investigated by a senior manager who will contact you within five working days. Should the matter not be resolved to your satisfaction, you have the right to speak to the College Principal directly.
We value input from students as a means of improving your learning and overall experience. We collect these views through focus groups, surveys and regular meetings with the Students’ Union and others.
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