GEMS Wellington International School takes its responsibilities towards all the children in its care very seriously. Therefore we have developed an effective and well defined system of pastoral care.
We recognise that all students have a range of social, emotional and personal needs that may need to be supported. Ensuring that students have access to this support will inevitably go a long way to ensuring that they are able to make real progress in all areas of their school lives.
This support can take a variety of forms, ranging from providing students with the opportunity to discuss a problem, all the way to more structured individual counselling or the involvement of agencies outside the school.
At the centre of our pastoral system is the Form Tutor. All students are members of a Class /Tutor Group. Their Form Tutor will become the key member of staff who ensures that the needs of the students in his or her tutor group are met to ensure they are happy at school and achieving their best.
Tutors will mark the register twice daily; oversee the weekly form period and assembly in the Secondary Section; liaise with parents through the Student Planner, telephone contact and parents evenings; record the Merits that students have been awarded and support all students personal organisation and development. More importantly, they are someone that members of the Form Group can turn to if they have a problem.
Form tutors will often be the first port of call for parents/carers when they need to contact school.
Each Form Tutor is a member of a Year team that is managed by a Senior Member of staff. Their role is to ensure that all issues relating to behaviour, student relationships, attendance and academic progress are dealt with appropriately.
The School has developed a wide of reward systems to ensure that all student achievement is acknowledged, regardless of students’ academic ability.
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