Pastoral Care and Chapters

Pastoral Care

The pastoral care of all pupils is managed by year group Pastoral Teams. These teams consist of Form Tutors/Class teachers, a Head of Year/Phase Leader, an SLT link and is overseen by the Vice Principal – Behaviour and Welfare .

Tutors see their tutees daily and Class teachers remain with their groups all day. A child in the First School or lower end of Middle School will have the same class teacher for the year. As they progress through the Middle School and on into our Senior School we implement phase based tutor groupings which mean that children stay with their tutor for more than a single year. This means that tutors know their tutees exceptionally well and can form strong relationships with them. For this reason your child’s class teacher or tutor should always be your first point of contact within the school as they will be the person who knows your child best and can deal with most issues that may arise.

The Head of Year or Phase Leader manages the day-to-day pastoral care of pupils in their year group(s) by leading the year group(s) team. If you have any initial concerns regarding your child’s welfare, it is likely they will have already been raised through your child’s class teacher or tutor. Should the concern need to go further, the class teacher/tutor will then refer the concern to the Head of Year/ Phase Leader.

All serious pastoral issues are overseen by Mrs Rebecca Watson – Vice principal: Behaviour and Welfare. She is supported with this by Mr Nik Kelsey, Mr James Hand and Mrs Vanessa Stewart – Assistant Principals.

Chapters

At Kings Priory School, a high priority is given to ensuring that each pupil feels a sense of ownership and belonging as part of a ‘family’. With this in mind our school is sub-organised into Chapters.  Each pupil belongs to a Chapter which is their school 'family'.

There are four Chapters at Kings Priory School:

• Barfleur (yellow)
• Dunelm (red)
• Hotspur (green)
• Provost (blue)

It is our mission to ensure that every young person feels valued, well cared for and safe. Chapters play a key role in developing the skills and personal qualities of every child, driving aspirations and ambition and embedding the culture and ethos of a Woodard academy.

Each pupil’s Chapter experience helps to ensure the development of wider key skills such as leadership, teamwork and problem solving, alongside a sense of self-worth, positive attitudes and behaviour and a high degree of self-discipline.

Chapters come together for various activities across the year including sport, music, various competitions and other extra-curricular activities.

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