What Our Teachers Say About Us

By now, you've read all about us and we've told you how great we are, but don't just take our word for it!

Knole Academy, Sevenoaks, Kent

"Behaviour and attendance are both improving."

Background

Knole Academy, Sevenoaks, Kent is an 11-19 all ability school with a grammar stream.

Challenge

The school had just been through a period of upheaval and was looking for a way to mark a fresh start. Justine Mountford, a teacher at Knole explains:

"We started using Carrot Rewards for years 7-11 after it was recommended to us by a headteacher from another school. We were merging with a nearby school to form an academy and we wanted to do something new that had not existed in either school before.We also wanted to be able to motivate and reward students without breaking the bank. We knew that the students liked stickers and that we would be having a house system, so it seemed to fit with our needs."

Success

Justine has been extremely impressed with the results since the school started using the system:

"Carrot Rewards has had a significant impact on our school. Behaviour and attendance are both improving. Attendance is up 2% in 2 years and exclusions down by 50%. Some of this is definitely due to the rewards system. Add to this that it is easy to administer and popular with pupils and you can understand why I’m more than happy to recommend it to other teachers."