St James' Catholic High School · Cheadle, North West
School Mission Statement St James’ Catholic High School aims to ensure everyone within our school family achieves their full potential, to encourage learning and development through faith, and to strive for excellence.
Purpose
Under an
agreed system of supervision, to work with the Assistant Headteacher, Heads of
Year and Form Tutors to address the needs of pupils who require support to
overcome barriers to learning To lead the
Damascus room offering pupils the chance to reflect on poor choices they have
made Inspire and
engage pupils in the vision for the school To promote
positive behaviour management by modelling and suggesting effective strategies
in class and around school, including break and lunchtimes
Pastoral
Support Take a lead
role in delivering pastoral support to pupils through the Damascus room Provide
advice to pupils relating to their social, health, hygiene and emotional
development needs Assist the
teacher with the development and implementation of individual
Education/Behaviour/ Support/Mentoring plans To lead on
the Behaviour Curriculum Establish
productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model Arrange and
develop 1:1 mentoring for pupils and provide support for distressed pupils
individually or in small groups Support the
reintegration of those who have been absent e.g. through long term illness, exclusion Provide
information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own
learning/behaviour and attendance and consequences of their actions Facilitate
restorative conversations between pupils and/or staff Challenge and
motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self esteem Provide
feedback to pupils in relation to progress, achievement, behaviour, attendance
etc. Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging
information, facilitating their support for their child’s attendance, access to
learning and supporting home to school and community links Take a lead
role in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to
attendance and integration e.g. registration, truancy, pastoral systems etc. Be responsible
for recording the SLT lunchtime detentions To run the SLT
after school detentions Deal as
appropriate with administration e.g. dealing with correspondence,
compilation/analysis/reporting on attendance, exclusions, making phone calls Investigate
incidents occurring in a school context and reporting the results of those
investigations to the Form Tutor, Head of Year or Assistant Headteacher as
appropriate Updating the
behaviour log on SIMS Update the Damascus data on
Google sheets Teaching
and Learning Support Support
pupils’ access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources Work with
other staff, including specialist staff and professional agencies in planning,
evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate