Pastoral Organisation


There is a pastoral organisation which ensures that every child has a staff member to whom he or she can turn, at any time, for help and advice. The arrangements are intended to develop a community in which happy personal relationships exist, and where each pupil is valued as an individual, with a contribution to make to the well- being of the whole school.


There are Learning Managers for year groups, who keep in close touch with the well-being, progress and conduct of all pupils in their respective sections. The Assistant Headteacher has particular responsibilities throughout the School for Child Protection issues.


Queries and information as to individual pupils will most benefi cially be addressed to the Assistant Headteacher or Learning Manager concerned. The Assistant Headteachers and Learning Managers are supported by the form tutors who, in the course of their duties, gain direct knowledge of the personality, performance and problems of all pupils in their respective forms.


Additional support is regularly provided by qualifi ed counsellors from Eye to Eye and a School Nurse. Year 12 and 13 pupils are encouraged to take an active role as mentors, being trained to be “buddies” to younger pupils.


Additional Learning Needs


The school strives to ensure that the Code of Practice on the identifi cation of Additional Learning Needs is scrupulously adhered to and that the structures and procedures that have been put in place for the identifi cation and assessment of Additional Learning Needs are implemented. There is an ALN policy.


There are pupils on the school roll who have Individual Educational Plans (I.E.P) and there are pupils who require additional support, provided by the Local Authority. There is a Additional Learning Needs Coordinator and a number of Additional Learning Needs Learning Support Assistants to help pupils who have Additional Learning Needs. The Addional Learning Needs Co-ordinator is Mrs K MacDonald. The school is preparing the new ALN Bill.


There is a programme for More Able and Talented pupils. There is a policy for ALN pupils across the school.


School Council/Senedd


The school senedd provides pupils with the opportunity to express their views about school life and to express their opinions regarding decisions to be made. One boy and one girl from each form sits on the year senedd and the year senedd then elects two representatives for the school council. Two representatives from the school council are involved in Governors’ meetings. Various issues are discussed, such as the rewards system and uniform.


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