Part of the Family
Part of the Family
We create a positive, happy atmosphere, allowing pupils to take pride in their achievements, and ensuring pupils and staff work together with mutual respect, courtesy and consideration for others. Our combined focus on Care and Achievement ensures that in caring for and supporting pupils, we provide the very best environment for them to thrive in academically.
Our non-teaching Care and Achievement Coordinators work closely with our Teachers, Form Tutors, Heads of Department and Heads of School. They are highly experienced colleagues who will aim to resolve any queries promptly and will liaise with colleagues in school on your behalf. We have Care and Achievement Coordinators for each Year Group in Lower School, Middle School and Upper School – as well as for our Sixth Form.
At Woldgate School, we recognise that listening to young people is an important and essential part of safeguarding.
We encourage pupils to:
Watch their thoughts, for they become words – Watch their words, for they become actions – Watch your actions, for they become habits – Watch your habits, for they become character – Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
If a pupil is feeling upset or has concerns, we encourage them to tell someone they trust, such as friends, teachers, their Care & Achievement Coordinator, parents, carers or other family members.
All our staff receive regular training in effective safeguarding and understand how to identify and support pupils where concerns are raised. We place great emphasis on the mental health and wellbeing of our pupils, and we also have a team of Peer Mentors who can help pupils by being a friend and someone to talk to, supporter, advisor, role model or source of new ideas and opportunities.
Personal Development permeates through every aspect of school life here at Woldgate School, including our curriculum, culture and ethos, pastoral care and enrichment.
Our aim is to ensure our curriculum, and wider work supports pupils to be confident, resilient and independent – to develop great character. We are passionate about providing high quality pastoral support and ensuring pupils are well prepared for their future lives, including how to eat healthily, how to maintain an active lifestyle, and mental wellbeing and to ensure pupils have an age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships and protected characteristics.
We prepare pupils for life in modern Britain effectively, developing their understanding of the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Our school provides pupils with meaningful opportunities to understand how to be responsible, respectful, active citizens who contribute positively to society. Pupils know how to discuss and debate issues and ideas in a considered way.
We promote equality of opportunity and diversity effectively and develop appreciation and respect of differences in the world and its people, celebrating the things we share in common across cultural, religious, ethnic and socio-economic communities. We enable pupils to engage with views, beliefs and opinions that are different from their own in considered ways. They show respect for the different protected characteristics as defined in law and no forms of discrimination are tolerated.
We believe that a child’s education should be enriched through opportunities beyond the classroom. We therefore aim as a school to provide a broad range of activities, visits and opportunities through our extensive programme.
Our enrichment programme features performing arts where children can develop new skills and grow in confidence as well as develop their skills alongside their peers in the school choir, orchestra or in the annual school production. We also have a number of sporting clubs and teams taking place at lunchtimes and after school where pupils develop teamwork, resilience and skills.
Acquisition of Skills
We are incredibly fortunate to have strong links in our community to provide our pupils with comprehensive skills and career development helping them prepare for university or their chosen career. Our Skills for Life programme complements our work with industry partners helping pupils develop in leadership, communication and organisational skills.
Please see our school calendar for our current enrichment opportunities.
Young people are faced with a complex set of demands when preparing for their future careers. Woldgate School aims to ensure that pupils and students are self-confident, skilled and career ready.
This is achieved through a comprehensive programme of carefully planned activities that enable pupils to decide, and embark on, pathways that are right for them beyond their school experience; and for them to be able to manage their careers and sustain employability throughout their lives. Our programme starts in Year 7 through Year 13 and is based on the nationally recognised Gatsby Benchmarks.
The programme follows the eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance which are:
A stable career programme
Learning from career and labour market information
Addressing the needs of each pupil
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Encounters with further and higher education
Personal guidance
For more information and useful links visit our Career Support Page under our Sixth Form area
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