PASTORAL POLICY

All teachers at Saint Felix School are responsible for the pastoral care of the pupils as well as the delivery of the academic curriculum and administrative matters.
Every pupil at Saint Felix has a Form Tutor and a Head of House who are both directly concerned with their welfare; however, the School also makes it clear that all pupils can take a personal or welfare concern to any member of staff. The School also identifies other ‘people’ outside of the staff of the school whom pupils can contact about personal problems or concerns at School.

Policies, procedures and issues of concern such as friendships, bullying, bereavement, child protection, health, environment and being good citizens are reinforced and delivered through assemblies, tutor time and cross-curricular links in many subject areas, such as Religious Studies, Physical Education, Health Education etc.

The monitoring of pupils and reporting of specific pupil concerns with regards to pastoral issues are facilitated through Tutor meetings and full pastoral meetings. Case conferences are also called where appropriate when relevant staff and other professionals are gathered together to discuss and set up action plans. Parents are involved as appropriate but minor problems may be resolved informally.

Much informal exchange of information is carried out on a daily basis for less serious concerns through the form Tutor or House Parent and is generally very effective in a small school with such a close community.

Pastoral Committee
The pastoral committee is a Senior School Committee and meets regularly, usually weekly/fortnightly, with additional informal chats between Senior Teachers - Pastoral (STP) and the School Nursing Sister as necessary and acts as a forum for communication across different spheres of the school. The STP are responsible for co-ordinating Child Protection
matters.

Committee staff liaise with other staff on a need-to-know basis and also with the Deputy Head when necessary. Sister reports weekly (the STP’s fortnightly) to the Headmaster, liaises with the Sixth Form tutors and boarding staff and attends boarding meetings. On occasions the Committee will report back to staff briefings. Parents are contacted as appropriate.

Purpose
The Committee meets to:

Discuss the welfare of individual pupils and identify concerns.
Discuss any meeting co-ordinated by outside agencies (such as Social Services).
Monitor the Incident Book, reporting on any incident which, in their judgement, may impact on the wellbeing of an individual pupil.
Liaise with and inform parents of issues or areas on concern.
Formulate strategies to support individual pupils and make recommendations to staff.
Refer issues to Senior Management as necessary.
Discuss and review policies.
Outcomes may include a range of responses from direct intervention, liaison with parents or staff, or monitoring a situation and maintaining a watchful eye.

Pastoral Communication and Organisation at Saint Felix

Whole School

Deputy Head
Senior Teachers – Pastoral (STP)
Medical Centre
House Staff
Tutors
Chaplain
Other Agencies
Parents

Boarding Houses

SOMERVILLE
(UVI, LVI), Boys and Girls, House Mistress House Tutor
GARDINER
(LIV, UIV, LV, MV, UV), Girls, Head of Boarding, House Tutor
FAWCETT
(LIV, UIV, LV, MV, UV), Boys, House Parents, House Tutor, Gap Students
FELIX HOUSE
(Junior School), Boys and Girls, House Parents, Gap Students

Chaplaincy Team
Lay Chaplain

Medical Centre
Sister Carr
Sister Proctor