Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care concerns itself with the personal, social and
emotional development of young people from the time they join us in Year 7 to when
they leave us as young adults. We provide guidance in personal, social and moral
education through weekly tutorials for each year group. Where students need specific
help or support, Pastoral Care in the College addresses this need.
Four Key Stage Managers manage tutors. The Manager for Key Stage 2 is responsible for
the Induction and well being of Year 7 and for managing the transition from Primary to
Secondary school. The Manager for Key Stage 3 is responsible for the pastoral care of
Years 8 and 9, whilst the Managers for Key Stage 4 focus on the needs of students in
Years 10 and 11. The Key Stage Managers have overall responsibility for the students
in their respective Year groups. Key Stage Managers play an important role in dealing
with serious issues or problems.
Successful learning depends on consistent attendance at school.
Parental support is vital in ensuring that all students attend the College regularly
and are punctual. Where absence in unavoidable we request a phone call to the College on
the day of absence. Should the absence be longer than a day, parents on the student's return to school should proviude a note to explain the studnet's absence.
Similarly, we urge parents, where possible to arrange family holidays out of school time.
Missing lessons disrupts learning and has serious consequences for examination performance
during GCSE courses.
Student behaviour and discipline also come within the brief of Pastoral Care. Students
are organised within a year system from Years 7 through to 11. Each year group averages
around 100 students. There are tutor groups within each year, led by a teacher who is
responsible for the personal and academic development of students in his/her care.
Tutors will contact parents where there is a minor problem regarding their child's work,
attitude or attendance. The tutors see their students every morning and afternoon and
are best placed to build up supportive relationships with students in their care and
their families. Students talking to their tutors resolve many day-to-day difficulties.
Attendance
Behaviour
The Community College, Chulmleigh actively promotes care and
respect for individuals and their environment. Care and respect are at the heart of
relationships between staff and students and community life depends on such relationships
of trust. The College is a safe and secure environment, which supports learning.
The right of every individual to learn is the guiding principle of all our work at the
College.
We base our expectations of student behaviour on the central aim of the College, which
is to promote excellence through lifelong learning. We therefore expect that students
will carry with them into adulthood and the wider community, the good habits of worked
respect for others fostered here at the College.
The rules are kept simple and standards of expectation are high. In order that students
become independent learners, our expectations are explained to students in tutorials and
assemblies. The College has a comprehensive Behaviour Management Policy which teachers
apply in cases where students do not meet expectations. This policy is based on the
simple principle of positive discipline. In simple terms, we reward students for their
achievements and efforts. We expect good behaviour.
The student planners are key to recording students' rewards which, as they accumulate,
are recognised by the award of formal Certificates presented by the Principal or the
Governors in assemblies.
Tutors, in particular, monitor the academic progress and behaviour of students in their
care. If there is a persistent problem, a meeting is usually arranged with parents to
discuss the situation.
The Community College values the very positive and supportive relationships we enjoy with
parents. We are in the process of further developing these links through our 'Parents as
Partners' scheme. Through this initiative we aim to respond even more fully to parents'
needs to be actively involved in their children's formal education. Our Code of
Practice entitled 'Parents Matter' fully explains the principles to which we are
committed in our relationships with parents as partners.
The College uniform was introduced in September 1998 and is
valued by parents, students and College Governors. A smart uniform establishes a
distinctive identity for the College and is important in supporting a sense of belonging
for students at The Community College. We appreciate the efforts that parents take to
ensure that their children are smartly dressed for school in the College uniform are given
in the Prospectus Supplement.
The House system
The College Uniform
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