Pastoral Team

Our Pastoral Support team consist of 3 member of staff:

Miss Dodsworth Mrs Mullins Miss Evans

Mon / Tues / Wed am Wed am / Thurs / Fri Every day 8.30am - 3.30pm

Pastoral Support is a provision schools make to ensure the physical and emotional welfare of their pupils.

Pastoral Team aim:

To enable all children to feel safe, happy, involved in the school community and able to perform to their full potential.

All schools should be aware that some pupils will require emotional and pastoral support at some point on their educational journeys. This is exactly why our pastoral care at school has become a priority.

Our Pastoral support Team accept referrals from school staff and parents for pupils who they feel need more support than the class teacher can offer.

Pastoral Support Programme

A Pastoral Support Programme (PSP) is a school based and co-ordinated intervention to help individual pupils to improve their social, emotional and behavioural skills. As a result of a PSP pupils should be able to better manage/understand their behaviour in and out of class, manage their own emotions and/or improve their attendance. Sometimes this includes dealing with grief, ACE's, Trauma and Family relationship problems, as well as other issues that impact on a child/families mental health.

Referral

Staff in school can refer any child / family for support, at any level. Referrals come to the Head teacher and are discussed and allocated at the weekly Pastoral Planning meeting.

Why refer to Pastoral Support Programme?

There are a range of reasons that a child/family may be referred to our Pastoral Support Programme (PSP). A PSP could be needed, in particular for those children and young people whose attendance or behaviour is deteriorating rapidly. The PSP should identify precise and realistic outcomes for the child or young person to work towards. The PSP will act as a preventative measure for those children and young people at risk of exclusion. A nominated staff member should coordinate and oversee the PSP planning and process (this may be the class teacher or a member of the pastoral team). It should be focused on meeting the needs of the child or young person, be practical and manageable.

A PSP could be set up for a child or young person: (this list is not exhaustive)

whose behaviour has changed/deteriorated rapidly or is struggling at home or school
who has two or more fixed period exclusions within the current and preceding school year totalling more than 5 days
who has a deteriorating attendance record and is now classified a persistent absentee (PA)
Who is struggling with life and requires 1:1 support and trusted adult time
Who has experienced Trauma of any kind
Who is finding making relationships difficult at home or school

PSP and SEN

A PSP should not be used to replace the special educational needs process. Rather than set up a separate PSP for pupils with an Individual Education Plan (IEP), schools should ensure that IEPs for pupils at serious risk of exclusion reflect appropriate approaches, strategies and support to meet their additional needs.

Who will be involved?

Typically, a PSP will involve:

School staff
Pupil
Parent

PY4P

Positive for Young People is a private not for profit company that delivers our early help work. Our pastoral team refers cases when the focus of the work is more on the home and family liaison. P4YP aims to:

To ensure that children and their families are supported through our early help School Pastoral Officers, Alternative Provision Unit and Counselling Services.
To provide coherent and consistent practices in working with children and their families.
To create stronger communities with more active engagement, working together to tackle problems.
To provide early help strategies and support to increase awareness, break down barriers and remove social stigmas.
To provide wrap around support services for young people in the community and school environment.
To provide support services for young people with mental health issues.
To provide youth activities in the community to encourage engagement and to create and support entrepreneurial skills.
To encourage achievement for all by effectively working in the community to overcome barriers to learning.

pastoral support programme explained.pdf