Pastoral Organisation

For pastoral purposes, the school is divided into year groups, with Heads and Assistant Heads of each of Key Stages 3 and 4, and separate Heads of Year 7 and the Sixth Form. Particular attention is paid to the direction and support of all students, and to the steady encouragement of good habits of work and considerate behaviour, as students move through the formative years of adolescence, and face increasing demands from their studies.

On admission to the school, students are allocated to tutorial groups in the care of a tutor, who meets with the tutorial group daily, and is in an ideal position to deal with personal matters, and to encourage and monitor the development of each child. The year groups as a whole work under the direction of the Key Stage teams, who provide important leadership in the general initiation of corporate activities within the year group, and oversee the individual progress and development of students.

In each year group, students meet with their tutor twice a day for administrative and pastoral purposes. In addition, students spend one lesson each week with their tutor, following a programme of study skills, social and moral matters, Citizenship and Careers Education and Guidance. A week's Work Experience is organised for all students in Year 11as well as for a number of Sixth Formers.