Infant & Junior Pastoral Care
“From a young age, pupils recognise the importance of endeavour and resilience in understanding their own strengths and weaknesses. Junior pupils say they want to persevere when it is hard and ‘have a go’ at new experiences when they are difficult.” – ISI Inspection, April 2017
Through our programme of Pastoral Care, we aim to promote the wellbeing and self-esteem of each child, ensure that each child is happy, secure and encouraged to develop their talents to their full potential.
We promote wellbeing through differentiated high-quality teaching, a varied curriculum, wide extracurricular opportunities and a strengths-based ‘Learning 4Life’ Programme. We encourage self-reflection, coach and model good behaviour and try to establish positive relationships between children and staff based on mutual respect.
Class teachers monitor the academic development of the child, provide support and guidance where necessary and set standards in terms of behaviour and achievement.
In addition, the Junior School has a number of Teaching Assistants and Lunch Time Assistants who make a significant contribution in terms of pastoral support. The Junior School is further supported by a dedicated Safeguarding Officer, a Head of Wellbeing, a Head of Learning Support and a medical team comprising of a highly trained First Aider, a Counsellor and other qualified first aid staff throughout the School.
