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Pastoral Support Team

Intent

Pastoral Care is concerned with the promotion of pupils’ personal and social development and wellbeing. Through our pastoral care provision we demonstrate our continuing concern for our students actively encouraging them to be safe, successful and a fully participating member of the school and wider community.

We firmly believe that happy students are successful students and at Fort Pitt Grammar School we do our utmost to create a caring, sympathetic and inspiring environment in which the students can thrive.  Our committed team support and encourage every student to grow socially and academically. They are given opportunities to develop self-awareness, self-confidence and resilience which will equip them for adult life.  We seek to broaden the students’ aspirations and remove any barriers they may have to their achievement.

Implementation

We daily promote safe, happy and supportive environment where students are regularly contacted to ensure they are:

  • Nurtured by staff to grasp opportunities at every stage of their development.
  • Provided with expert care and support when needed by form tutors, Heads of Year and non-teaching Pastoral Support Managers.
  • Learning to respect and accepting their responsibilities as global citizens.
  • Encouraged to develop into confident, well-balanced, resilient and intellectually curious young people ready to face the challenges ahead.

This is implemented through the high-profile importance of form tutoring, early help strategies for those struggling and the embedding of Fort Pitt Community Values and the need to ensure that all students have equal access to the opportunities the school provides in order to raise student aspirations.

THE PASTORAL TEAM

Mr Ost: Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral Provision, Safeguarding and Wellbeing) Contact details: aost@fortpitt.medway.sch.uk

 

Assistant Head Key Stage 5: Mrs Doran

KS5 team: Mr Blight (Y13) and Mr Jennings (Y12)

 

Assistant Head Key Stage 4: Mr Reader

Mr Reader (Y11), Miss Tickner (Y10) and KS4 Pastoral Support Manager Mrs Hemington

 

Assistant Head Key Stage 3: Miss Burrows

KS3 team: Miss Burrows Y7, Mr Roche Y8, Ms Lewis Y9 and KS3 Pastoral Support Manager  Mrs Brown

 

SEN Provision: Mr Scott (SENCO) – ascott@fortpitt.medway.sch.uk

SEN Team:  Mr Scott and Mrs Ling

 

Attendance Officer: Mrs Benavente

 

CONTACT US

The team is available at 8am-4pm Monday to Thursday and 8am-3.30pm Friday. We can be contacted via the main school number 01634 842359 and ask for the pastoral team or send an email to any of the above.