We decided to reshape our pastoral structure when our new headteacher joined in July last year. The reason for this was that we wanted to remove all barriers to learning – to ensure there was no reason why students couldn’t leave at the end of year 11 with the results they deserve.
From my own point of view, I find the concept that a certain group of students go through school, year-in, year-out, with the same barriers holding them back very frustrating. This is the sentiment that set the vision of the Student Progress Team, whose objective was to remove those barriers.
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