Children should be allowed to go to the toilet at least once in a lesson unless they have a medical condition. They should however only have a limited amount of time to go so that it does not become anything effecting their education.
It is every student and staff members’ right to go to the toilet whenever they need to. Goldington Academy is committed to ensuring that whenever a child needs to go to the toilet they will be able to do so quickly and without fuss. At Goldington toilets will always be clean, safe, working and hygienic spaces that are reserved for widely accepted toilet practices only.
One of the reasons the school has felt the need to have a toilet protocol is that since we have made a change to being a secondary school, we have seen an unacceptable (albeit low) rise in graffiti, vandalism, bullying and aggression that has taken place within these spaces. This is currently regarded as a key secondary school issue throughout the country. Sadly, in the past, some young children have reported that they feel uncomfortable going into toilets whilst certain children are there. This becomes a safeguarding issue and one the school treats very seriously.