At a previous school I introduced a character education programme designed to give our students, from incredibly disadvantaged backgrounds, the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of development activities that focus on building kindness, respect, communication and confidence. It's one of my favourite projects I've ever introduced and it's impact on the students in... Continue Reading →
Pastoral Care vs Teaching and Learning What is more important – excellent pastoral care or excellent teaching and learning? We all know there isn’t a simple answer to that question and trying to find one would have you run around in circles in the vein of the chicken and the egg. What is the core... Continue Reading →
This is the second in a two-part mini-series centred around breaking into pastoral care roles. The focus of this post is on the application process and the interview day(s)/questions/tasks. To see the previous post click here. The Application It's tough to write about the application process largely due to the fact most schools use different... Continue Reading →
So you wanna be pastoral? Pastoral Care, writing about it at least, is sometimes absent from the world of education-based social media. There is a real lack of people writing for Heads of Year/House, and other pastoral positions, about the practicalities/responsibilities and offering general support in the way that there is for other domains. Some of the most common questions... Continue Reading →
Inside The Lighthouse 