Tutors will see their students daily and will play a central role in the academic success of every student, through their daily contact with their tutor group and within the cycle of personal target setting and review sessions. The school's pastoral system will be tightly linked to the academic monitoring systems; this will provide a robust and reliable approach to the individual tracking of students' achievements during their time at the school.
The school's tutorial programme will enable students to develop study skills, social responsibility and an awareness of their place in the community, both within school and beyond. Students will participate in all areas of school life, from leading briefings and assemblies, to running the School Council.
Being a new school provides students with an opportunity not afforded to those in established institutions. This will mean that the students will help us shape the school from its physical environment to our extra-curricular programme. Student feedback will be a formal part of teachers' lesson planning, and reviews of the quality of our teaching and learning will directly involve the voices of the students.
It will be the ambition of the school to secure outstanding attendance, not only during our formal curriculum but also in our wide range of after school and out-of-hours activities.
All students will be encouraged to participate in a programme of enrichment and extra-curricular activities.
Promoting healthy eating will be a priority for us both in the curriculum and in the food we provide.