Student organisation, support & leadership within the House

Simon Russell Newton House Senior Tutor

The Role

Monitoring all students within the Vertical Tutor Group System

A recent major change has been to introduce mixed age tutor groups.

Students have reported very favourably on this and say that it has helped them to build good relationships with students from other years and that the small amount of bullying has reduced further as a result. One student talked about ‘feeling part of a family’.

The change has also made the role of the tutor more effective in supporting students’ academic achievement.

Bulletins• Inform the Tutors of the events of

the week.

• Reinforce standards and expectations.

• Highlight meetings for the week.

• Maintain communication on pupils that are causing issues inside and outside the classroom.

Weekly Review

Week by week guide:

A detention list is sent out each week and displayed on the House Notice Board (Principles Detention – Isolation).

Four after-school detention = Red Report.

Pupils with poor Attitude to Learning Grades (ATLs) from their termly report go on an Achievement Report.

Monitoring Hour.

Attendance – EWO.

Monitoring Standards: Attendance

House Evaluations

What do we do to help Year 11?

Monitoring Standards Passport to PromPasses to Leavers

Day Inclusion Centre

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Student 5

Passport to the Prom

Pupils that are underachieving or behavioural issues (Year 11) go on the Passport to the Prom.

Five whole school/curriculum area detentions also lead to students going on the Passport to the Prom.

Attendance must be greater than 90%

All coursework completed!

Detentions

Curriculum based on the students needs: Reduced Timetable 1:1 Tuition Work Experience Business Mentors/Staff Mentors Student Support Assistant Timeout CardsInclusion Centre

Knowing our Students!

What has Swavesey Village College done for me:Monday1:1 Tuition (Maths and Science)Tuesday Full Day Timetable – Hair 1:1 AfterschoolWednesday Work Experience (picked up/dropped

off)Thursday Work Experience (picked up/dropped

off)Friday Full Day Timetable – Maths 1:1 TuitionTaking some exams early, regular meetings and supported

by Senior Tutor. Meetings with the Principal..

Case Study: Shannon

Case Study: Shannon

Celebration Assembly

Pupils show off their talents during a Celebration Assembly.

It’s important to celebrate success!

Year Group Assemblies

Countdown in Year 11 – highlighting previous success and who has already been successful!

Student Leadership

How we support students to achieve their best?

Chloe Barnard: Newton House LeaderMark Barradell: Orwell House Leader

Agnieszka Florek: Newton Activities ManagerJack Summers and Tom Poole Student Ambassadors

Student Leadership at SVC

• Based around the five houses:BRUNEL – Technology and ArtsCAVENDISH – ScienceNEWTON – MathsORWELL – English and LanguagesWILBERFORCE – Humanities

• 46 leadership positions• Application Process

Student Leadership

Student Leadership Success:MentoringBusiness Mentoring

Our Mistakes!

• Leadership Positions changed if required. No longer have Head Boy/Girl.

• Monitors Mangers did not work.• Year Book and Prom is being addressed with a new

role – recent change to events managers • Staff have become better at handing over

responsibility.

Being High Profile

• Black Shirts• Assemblies• Visiting Forms• Lunch Queues and Bus Monitors• Attend Working Parties and Curriculum Meetings• Present to the Governors on what has been achieved

in each house

Student Voice at SVC • One rep per tutor group• Agenda set by students• Purpose: to feed student

opinions and ideas to School Council - creates focus groups

• Each group has a particular project or task

• Students apply to participate

• Led by black shirt + key member of staff

• Purpose: to make proposals to MB

• Whole school questionnaire every two years

• Shorter, more specific questionnaires

• Student panels for new staff

• Subject questionnaires and lesson feedback

• Purpose: to gather opinions from whole cohort or specific targeted groups

• Groups of students interviewed every week

• Chance to discuss and feed back on current school issues

• Initially led by LAD/later blackshirts?

• Purpose: Opportunity for every student to have a voice

House CouncilsSchool Council

Student Focus

Groups

Student Feedback

Student Discussion

Groups

Focus Groups

Current Focus GroupsUniform Energy New Technologies

Starting this Half TermResource Centre Healthy Eating SVC Experience

Coming Soon!New Cafeteria Led by the Student

Ambassadors

House Council • Form Discussions airing views to the Form

Representatives• Agendas and Minutes• Assemblies• Information Displayed (House Boards, Visible Digital

Screens and leaders trained to upload the website)• Energy Monitors saving money in the school –

money is used in house council for a budget

House Council

School Council

• House Leaders• Senior Management Staff• Ambassadors• Link with Governors• Half Term Meetings• Budget

How have we changed?

• Student Leadership Contract

What else do we do?

• Shadowing previous leaders• Earlier training day

What have we learnt?

Personal Attributes

Opportunities

Experience

Responsibility

Purpose