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Pastoral Care, Rewards & Expectations<br />
School Pastoral Support<br />
In Year 7 each student is placed in one of the four Houses – Aspire, Integrity,<br />
Success or Excellence. We have 18 tutor groups with approximately 20 students,<br />
made up of equal numbers of boys and girls of Years 7 and 8 in a vertical tutoring<br />
system. Students will remain with this tutor group for two years within lower<br />
school, before they move to their upper school tutor group for Years 9 to 13.<br />
Students will remain in the same House throughout their time at Ken Stimpson<br />
Community School.<br />
Throughout Year 7 the group of students is led by Mr Treliving, Head of Lower<br />
School, Year 7 and Transition. Each year group is then taken over by Miss Hollis,<br />
Assistant Head of Lower School who remains with this set of students until they<br />
complete Year 8. The pastoral team and Form Tutors provide strong pastoral<br />
support and invariably act as guides, problem solvers, motivators and mentors.<br />
School Council<br />
School Council is an opportunity for students’ voices to be heard. Form<br />
representatives are elected each year in order to share the voice of the form at<br />
House Council meetings. Representatives go on to attend School Council meetings<br />
where the student ambassadors prioritise requests and present them to the<br />
Leadership Team and Middle Leaders, helping to continuously develop the school.<br />
Rewards<br />
Ken Stimpson School supports the view that students respond to positive<br />
encouragement and success, regardless of context or level. Students are<br />
encouraged to display the highest standards of work and behaviour in line with<br />
the school ‘Expectations’. Every opportunity is taken to praise, to acknowledge<br />
and reward achievement. The formal recognition of achievement is made through<br />
Student Leadership, Governors’ Commendations, Principal’s Commendations,<br />
Annual Rewards Ceremonies, postcards home, positive phone calls home and<br />
awarding stamps to students. The criteria for awarding stamps cover a whole<br />
range of social, personal and subject achievement, such as Behaviour Objectives,<br />
Attainment, Business and Enterprise, Citizenship and Attendance. As students<br />
gain stamps they are able to trade them for rewards.<br />
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