Pastoral
Personalised pastoral care
At Willingdon Community School we strive to achieve our own levels of Personal Excellence. We are Ambitious, Respectful, Compassionate, Courteous and Honest. We place a great emphasis on our personalised pastoral care, taking the time to listen to and support our students and parents. We have high expectations of uniform, behaviour and attendance both in lessons and in our wider community that we serve. We have a robust rewards system ensuring all students are recognised when they meet or exceed our expectations.
The pastoral system is led by an Assistant Headteacher and 2 Associate Assistant Headteachers. Each year group has a Director of Student Progress (DoSP) and a Pastoral Support Leader (PSL). The Directors of Student Progress lead a team of 7 tutors in each year group. The PSL’s are non-teaching support staff which are assigned to an individual year group. In addition to this, we have bespoke nurture provision within the Inclusion Team, a Welfare Officer, Student Support staff for medical needs and we also offer counselling from an external practitioner. Students have a timetabled lesson daily with their pastoral tutor and they support the students with their careers aspirations and Relationship and Sexual Health Education too. We are proud to be able to deliver timetabled lesson on Mindfulness at Willingdon with a designated teacher delivering these inspiring and reflective sessions.
Pastoral Leadership
Deputy Headteacher – Mrs Nadene Townsend-Smith
Directors of Student Progress
Year 7 – Ms Catherine Johnson
Year 8 – Mrs Lesley Naylor / Miss Becky Marshall
Year 9 – Mr Anthony Roche
Year 10 – Mr Tom Cain
Year 11 – Mr Lee Gordon (Associate Assistant Headteacher)
Pastoral Support Leaders
Year 7 – Miss Ellie Todd
Year 8 – Mr Adam Edwards
Year 9 – Mrs Natalie Hylands
Year 10 – Mrs Taryn May
Year 11 – Miss Lucy Bradley
Pastoral Support Staff
Mindfulness Teacher – Mr Martin Stammers
Welfare Officer – Mrs Lorraine Lamberton and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Attendance Manager – Mrs Diane James