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 Howell's
is a small community and one of its inherent strengths is its pastoral care.
The pastoral system at Howell's is designed to supply staff with a level of
knowledge of their students as individuals that enables us to teach them effectively
and meet their developmental needs.
Form Tutor
The
Form Tutor forms the basis for our system of pastoral care. Every form in the
school has a Form Tutor who is responsible for the overall progress of that
Form, and for the individual members' academic and pastoral progress. Meetings
are held at the beginning of the academic year for Year 7 parents to enable
them to meet their child's Form Tutor and that individual stays with the form
for year 8 changing in year 9 to a tutor who will stay with them through year
11. The Form Tutor also plays a significant role in delivering the PSHE
programme in years 7-9.
Parents
are encouraged to contact the Form Tutor in the first instance whenever they
have a concern.
Senior and Head Mistress/Master
The
Senior Mistress/Master has overall responsibility for years 7 - 11 and Form
Tutors or Parents can refer issues on to him or her. The Head Mistress/Master
fulfils the same role in respect of the sixth form. Boarding House Mistresses liaise with the
appropriate individual on any House issues.
The Principal
The
Principal maintains an ‘open door' policy to both students and parents in all
matters relating to student welfare and holds regular briefing sessions with
the above staff members.
Reports and Assessment
All
students are assessed against individually set targets to ensure progress is
maintained.
If
a Tutor has any concerns regarding a student then parents should rest assured
that they will be contacted. Parents can otherwise monitor their child's
progress via detailed school reports (bi-annual), grade reports (termly), and
parent evenings (annual).
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