Pastoral Care

As a large school it is important that our pastoral care is organised into smaller and more manageable units. Each student therefore will be a member of a year team consisting of up to 360 students. Year teams are divided into forms consisting of around 30 students and Form groups are then divided into Personal Tutor groups.

Each student therefore is placed under the special and particular care of a personal tutor who monitors attendance, punctuality and academic progress, ensuring that positive attitudes to learning and general engagement with college life, including involvement in extra-curricular programmes, are meeting with our high expectations.

Each year team is led by a Head of Year, a teacher who has demonstrated expertise in ensuring young people make outstanding progress in the classroom. There are also an Assistant Heads of Year to support our larger year groups. In addition, each year group is supported by an Assistant Head Teacher. To support our Pastoral work, we have a team of mentors who support each year team and work closely with families to overcome some of the barriers to learning that our young people inevitably encounter.

To contact your child’s Pastoral Team please send an email to: admin@smchull.org and state in the email subject line which Year Team your message is for.

Absence from school

There are some important changes to attendance that start on 19^th August 2024. It is important for you to know that from September, the way penalty notices for absences from school are issued, is changing. Whilst it is our aim to avoid this route at all costs, we would like you to be aware of the new rules:

THE EDUCATION (PENALTY NOTICES) (ENGLAND) (AMENDMENT)
REGULATIONS 2024 No. 210.

New legislation comes into force on 19.08.24 regarding the criteria and the issue of penalty notices to address school attendance to commence in September 2024.

The following changes have been made:

• the number of unauthorised absences to 10 unauthorised absences (5 days) in the most recent 10 school week period.
• the number of penalty notices that can be issued to a parent in respect of the same individual child to 2 within a 3-year period.
• It increases the amount of the penalty notice from £120 to £160 (if paid within 28 days) and £60 to £80 (if paid within 21 days) for the first penalty notice issued to a parent in respect of the same individual child in a 3-year period.
• It sets the amount of any second penalty notice issued to the same parent in respect of the same individual child within 3 years of the date the first penalty notice was issued to £160 to be paid within 28 days. No discount is offered.
• Further absences will proceed for prosecution in the Magistrate Court for the same parent in respect of the same child within 3 years of the date of the first penalty was issued.

Further information can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance

If you require any further information, please contact the school office.

Duty number for the School Nurses team

Tel: 01482 344301 / 336634

Text messaging number: 61825

e-mail address: hull.cypcommunityservices@nhs.net