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Finding the balance: The pastoral and the academic

Pastoral issues
New ‘pastoral assistants’, a focus on extra-curricular activities and supporting students’ revision has led to excellent results at principal Jason Wing’s school. He explains some of the school’s approaches

 

Pastoral care and student wellbeing are hot topics at the moment, and rightly so. The recent Department for Education advert tells us that teachers make the country’s future CEOs, nurses, scientists and engineers. But they also foster inquisitive minds, self-confidence and courage of conviction. Academia of course has its role to play in this, but the well-rounded, self-assured individuals who are the next generation’s CEOs require much more from their school day.

At Neale-Wade Academy, pastoral care is about just that, providing our learners with the support and skills they will need in adult life. It is about removing any barriers to learning, whatever these may be, and creating the perfect learning environment.

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