Form Tutors
A Form Tutor’s role is central in both caring for students and, crucially, monitoring their progress both academically and socially; encouraging involvement, commitment, and high standards of work and behaviour. The Form Tutor should be active in looking after the interests of the “whole child”
A Form Tutor should
- Take the register
- Set the “tone” for the day, by creating a positive ethos
- Encourage high standards of work, behaviour and dress in students, liaise with the Heads of Year over behavioural problems; look to reward achievements positively and implement, where necessary, appropriate sanctions
- Promote, maintain and monitor records of attendance and punctuality
- Actively supervise students in Assemblies. Form Tutors are encouraged to help with leading, organising and to participate in all aspects of the assembly
- Monitor and review their students’ current progress across the curriculum using all the data provided
- Keep parents fully involved regarding students’ progress, including curriculum related or behavioural concerns
- To monitor the progress of students within the form group through discussions with students and staff, through data reports, mentoring and student reports
- To identify students who need mentoring through analysis, and discussion with the Head of Year making use of the school data management system – paying attentions to groups such as SEN, G & T and FSM
- To liaise with subject staff and Heads of Department about individual students progress and student reports in conjunction with HOH
- To check that students are prepared for learning and have the correct equipment and books for the day. To check and sign planners, monitoring of homework
- Attend weekly pastoral meetings with the Head of Year
- To plan and implement opportunities for Literacy during form time
- Engage actively with the Widening Horizons programme.
Heads of House
Doulton
Evelyn Aboraah
Minton
Wedgwood
Spode
