Pastoral Team
Year Director
Each Year Director has responsibility for a year group. These are the members of staff who parents should contact to seek advice, discuss problems or raise matters of specific concern.
Form Tutors
The first port of call is the Form Tutor who will develop a close bond with children and encourage them to be part of a team. Form Tutors have day-to-day responsibility for around 25 pupils. Their main role is to monitor a pupil’s attendance, punctuality, general well-being and to support them in activities. Parents/Carers will normally send their enquiries to their child's Form Tutor. The form tutors will normally remain with their form for the duration of their time at school.
New pupils will meet their Form Tutor and other children in their class on a Transition Day prior to joining the Academy in July of the year of admission. This year's Transition Day will be held on Thursday 6th July. All of the local primary schools are invited to send their Year 6 pupils to us on this date. All new starters in Year 7 are also invited to join us for a Summer School which we are running this year from Monday August 21st until Friday August 25th.
Pastoral Support Workers
Working alongside pupils and staff, our Pastoral Support Workers provide significant motivation for many of our pupils, and support them in their attendance and with academic and social issues.
Rewards
Students are regularly rewarded for good work, helpfulness and excellent attendance, effort etc. Our aim is to encourage them in every way possible to achieve targets and ultimately success. Rewards come in many different forms such as merits (which can be exchanged for prizes), praise, postcards, certificates, vouchers and trips.
Student Timetables
Every student will have an individual timetable, showing subject names, teacher names and room numbers for each period. Staff spend the early weeks of every September directing children around the building and making sure that no one gets lost!
Teacher Reports
There is regular contact between the academy and home, and parents receive full and interim reports in addition to parent consultation evenings.