"Beyond academic learning, the school provides pupils with high-quality pastoral support."
"The school is committed to ensuring that all pupils receive a well-rounded education. As a result, pupils thrive both socially and academically."
Ofsted 2024
Pupil Mentoring
The school's Pupil Mentoring initiative has been designed in-house and runs through the Global Curriculum to raise the profile of and support children's well-being and mental health. The school believes that children's mental health should be prioritised alongside their academic achievements. Year 6 pupils are trained as Peer Tutors and, each term, work closely with younger children in school..
Children are asked to respond to a series of statements linked to children's views about themselves and school as well as the school's vision for children to become independent learners, responsible individuals and global citizens. Children's response to each statement – yes, no or sometimes – is purely their own view at that moment in time and the school uses this information to look for whole school trends and individual pupil needs. The role of the Peer Tutors is to carefully oversee this self-assessment, rephrasing statements or clarifying with examples so that it is understood and accessible to all children.
Whilst responses show a very positive picture overall, by understanding specific needs the school is able to offer prompt interventions to support children's well-being where necessary. The chart below is an example of selected whole school responses from the latest round of Pupil Mentoring in the Summer Term 2024.
Pupil Login for Pupil Mentoring