• Physical and mental health.
• Protection from harm and neglect.
• Education and training.
• Making a contribution to society.
• Achieving social and economic well being.

At Shire Oak we focus on the ways in which we are able to contribute to each pupil’s well being e.g.

• Encouraging every pupil to achieve the highest educational standards they possibly can.
• Promote healthy lifestyles and become a ‘healthy school’.
• Be proactive in dealing with bullying, discrimination and keeping children safe.
• Ensuring attendance and punctuality.
• Encouraging pupils to behave responsibly, giving them a voice in the school and encouraging them to volunteer.
• Helping the community and pupils to value education.
• Actively involve parents in their child’s learning and development.

Organisation and aims of pastoral care at Shire Oak

Pastoral care is organised through Heads of Year who have a specific role in organising and arranging for the care of the pupils in their year group. Each HOY works with a team of form tutors to meet the needs of the pupils including support and counselling for those who may need it.   The form tutor is very important in the process of care as they see the children every day and are often the first point of contact.  

It is the purpose of the pastoral structure to provide the environment that will allow every individual to grow and mature.   Pupils are given the opportunity to experience activities that will provide for their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.   For some pupils there will be a need for active support and encouragement for them to ‘grow’, for others there will be different needs, which will provide the basis for pastoral work in the school.

It is, as professionals, that all teachers have to take responsibility for the children in our care. 

The school aims will be achieved in a number of ways:-

• Our Skills For Life programme is a constantly changing way of addressing many of the issues that face children today – drugs education, sex education, bullying, safety awareness, first aid etc.   Some of this is delivered through Skills For Life and others is delivered by visitors from various agencies or theatre groups who are invited in to provide stimulus for discussion and thought.
  
• Various policies are implemented to provide direction and support to pupils. These cover behaviour, anti-racism, anti-bullying, drugs and sex education.   If need is identified, further policies may be put in place.
  
• The school must, by law, carry out an act of collective worship every day.   Within the school themes are developed to address issues that require thought and opinion forming.   These themes are delivered through whole year group assemblies and through ‘Thought for the Day’ in form groups.
  
• The school council is a vehicle for the pupils to express their opinion on school developments.

This is by no means an exclusive list but is a summary of some of the ways in which the pastoral care structure supports and develops the pupils in our care.

Pastoral team 2009-2010

Pastoral Manager – Mrs C Smith
Inclusion and Alternative Education Manager – Mrs P Hunt

Heads of Year (HoY)

Year 7	Mrs H King	Assistant HoY	Mrs J Jones
Year 8	Ms D Shipton	Assistant HoY	Mrs E Hardwick
Year 9	Miss A Youster	Assistant HoY	Mr P Banbery
Year10	Mr I Khan	Assistant HoY	Miss E Bartram, Miss L Wilson
Year11	Miss S Williams	Assistant HoY	Mr J Hulme
Year12&13	Mr N Critchley	Assistant HoY	Mrs C Fleming

KS3 Form tutors

Year 7	Tutor	Year 8	Tutor	Year 9	Tutor
7CN	Miss L Holmes	8CO	Mr S Cosnett	9BY	Mr M Bey
7HR	Miss G Hoar	8DY	Mr D Duffy	9CB	Mr R Corbett
7JK	Miss C Jefimik	8JN	Mrs L Jones	9CI	Mrs D Critchley
7JO	Mr G Jones	8NS	Miss S Nichols	9FN	Mr R Fern
7MN	Mrs M Morgan	8PR	Mr A Parker	9ME	Miss R Maguire
7PA	Miss S Patel	8SU	Mrs S Sutton	9MI	Miss N Mir
7SM	Mrs N Smith	8TR	Mr J Taylor	9MS	Mrs J Muyldermans
7SO	Mrs L Southall	8TN	Mr P Trueman	9PE	Mrs C Pearce
7SR	Mrs R Sadlier	8WO	Miss C Allen	9PO	Mr J Poole

KS4 Form tutors

Year 10	Tutor	Year 11	Tutor
10BA	Miss S Baker	11SEN	Ms S Eccleston
10BZ	Mrs S Basra	11SDL	Mr M Deavall
10DN	Mrs C Drayton	11OGY	Miss S Guy
10FH	Mrs A Forsyth	11SHY	Mrs M Hammersley
10HN	Mrs V Hodson	11SJS	Mr S Jones
10RG	Miss N Ridding	11OTL	Mrs F Tassell
10TN	Mrs I Thompson	11OWY	Mrs H Walkey
10WL	Mrs L Williams	11OWI	Mrs A-M Williams

 

 

 

 

 

KS5 Form tutors

Year 12/13	Tutor
12/13LB	Mrs L Bond
12/13CT	Mrs M Carter
12/13EV	Mr D Evans
12/13GN	Miss S Green
12/13HL	Mr C Hall
12/13PL	Mrs K Patel
12/13TH	Mrs S Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

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