Pastoral Care - The Year System

For organisational and pastoral purposes Wadham operates a Year system with Years 9 - 13 each having a Head of Year, a Deputy Year Head and a team of Tutors. It is to them that students normally go if problems or queries arise.

The Year Head is responsible for the overall welfare and academic development of students within the Year and for the Year as a unit within the school. The Year will be the students' 'Home' at Wadham although some activities are organised on a House basis (see below).

In Years 9, 10 and 11 a student will belong to a mixed ability tutor group whose Tutor will be counsellor in all educational, social or personal matters. It is also the Tutor's responsibility to watch and review the overall progress of the group, collating the Records of Achievement made by academic departments, noting particular strengths and weaknesses and encouraging and helping wherever possible. We hope parents will stress to their sons and daughters that the staff are here to offer help and that they should never be afraid to ask for assistance. Although Year staff are the most obvious people to contact, any member of staff will gladly help if approached.

Year Heads 2006-7

Head of Year 9
Mrs Y E French

Head of Year 10
Mr H McNulty

Head of Year 11
Miss E Balderstone

Sixth Form Registrar (Years 12 & 13)
Mrs S E Tyler
Deputy Head Sixth Form
Mr A Fuller

House Activities

When entering Wadham each student is assigned to one of four Houses for such things as inter-House Sports and Drama Competitions. House activities are largely organised by the sixth form and coordinated overall by the Head and Deputy Head of Sixth form. The four Houses are:

Berry, Cooper, Gibson, Powell

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