Pastoral Information

The Highfield School has an extensive pastoral support system to ensure that all students are cared for and learn effectively in our supportive school community. This team is led by the Pastoral lead and comprises of our Heads of Year, Pastoral Care Coordinators and tutors. Through this system, we work in collaboration with students, parents/carers, governors and the wider community, endeavouring to make positive decisions that impact on student well-being and progress and place the students at the heart of what we do.

The students are organised into Tutor groups within their year group. Each Tutor group is also allocated one of the six Houses. All Tutor groups follow a tutorial programme aimed at developing skills, carrying out Tutor challenges, reading, mentoring and celebrating success. Our Character Curriculum, which is delivered though tutor time, is carefully designed to develop students' personal strengths, beliefs, and life skills to help them become successful individuals and responsible young people. This curriculum focuses upon values such as care, respect, determination, self-confidence, resilience, integrity, and compassion, which are linked to better educational attainment and overall well-being. Our curriculum aims to foster positive relationships, well considered decision making and a sense of belonging. These values and our culture are further strengthened by weekly assemblies, celebration events, trips and our Votes for Schools programme.

Vote For Schools

Your child’s tutor is always their first point of contact and someone that they will see at the beginning of each day. As well as receiving individual support from their tutor, we also offer a rage of additional support where required including: School Pastoral Safeguarding Officers, mentoring, GRIT, NESSIE counselling, Young Carers, LGBTQ & Anti Bullying committees as well as a variety of outside agencies.

Rewards and celebration

Positive reinforcement and rewarding students in accordance with our school values also underpins our pastoral system. We recognise students for their caring, respectful and determined behaviour both in and out of lessons with a variety of rewards. Our reward system can be downloaded on this page and is used regularly to promote good decisions but also to highlight excellence encompassing our core school values. We also have our student rewards store where students are able to collect house points in recognition of their positive behaviours and can then save them to earn tangible rewards. This student-led initiative has been the source of much excitement for our students.

Restorative practice, reflection and consequences

Positive safe behaviour is at the core of any pastoral system and The Highfield School has both clear and high expectations for students to adhere to. The Consequence system can too be downloaded on this page. Our behaviour system is focused on all students having the right to learn in a respectful environment, empowering students to build on positive attitudes and core values that will be long lasting skills required to be successful in their chosen next steps.

Our aim is to ensure that students feel safe, valued, cared for and respected, and most importantly, able to achieve their full potential in all areas of their school experience.

Reflections:

We use a range of in classroom approached to address behaviour early with the aim to reflect upon how it is affecting both the individual and others around them. Staff are encouraged to use reflective conversations to do this with students’ as we know that for behaviour to change, we need time to discuss, identify the issues and together plan a way forward that addresses the issue. Education is always at the core of any decisions we make when looking at a student’s behaviour. As a parent, you can view all rewards and any consequences that your child has by using the Class Charts Parent app.

nd respected, and most importantly, able to achieve their full potential in all areas of their school experience.

The Highfield School Rewards and Consequences Information

House System