{"Base":{"Id":12947,"Url":"/senior-school/pastoral-life/support/day-to-day-support","DocType":"standardContentPage","NavigationTitle":"Day-to-day support","MetaTitle":"Day-to-day support at King\u0027s College School","MetaDescription":"Pupils at King\u0027s College School are offered day-to-day support through their form tutors, tutor groups, mentors and buddies.","MetaKeywords":"Counselling, Mental health support, Pupil support, Pupil welfare, Mental wellbeing, Emotional wellbeing","SocialMediaImage":"","HideFromSearchEngines":false},"Content":{"CarouselSlides":[{"Image":{"Url":"/media/4727/3c2a0981.jpg?anchor=center\u0026mode=crop\u0026width=1922\u0026height=1000\u0026meta=false\u0026rnd=132258942680000000","Alt":""},"Title":"Day-to-day support","SubText":null,"Button":null}],"Breadcrumb":[{"Name":"Welcome","Url":"/"},{"Name":"Senior School","Url":"/senior-school/"},{"Name":"Pastoral life","Url":"/senior-school/pastoral-life/"},{"Name":"Support","Url":"/senior-school/pastoral-life/support/"}],"Intro":{"Title":"Day to day support","Text":""},"ContentBlocks":[{"Text":"\u003ch4\u003eLower school (years 7 – 8)\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lower school is a friendly, nurturing environment. Pupils are supported by a form tutor who they meet each morning and twice a week for structured form periods, they can also meet their form tutor individually as necessary. Additionally, pupils are assigned to a house and have the opportunity to get involved in an enormous breadth of activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePupils have most of their lessons in their form groups. Forms are mixed up between year 7 and year 8 to help pupils to build new relationships; pupils also normally have a new form tutor in each year. The form tutor ensures that each child is looked after and encouraged to make the best of the numerous opportunities on offer. In addition, the tutor, along with the head of lower school and head of year, provides both pupil and parents with guidance on all aspects of school life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon joining the school, year 7 pupils are also allocated a house where they enjoy assemblies, a wide variety of regular house events and competitions and have the opportunity to gain positions of responsibility such as being appointed to the lower school house committees. Lower school pupils stay in these houses for their entire time at the school. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMiddle school (years 9 – 11)\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll pupils are placed in a form and a tutor group from the fourth form (year 9), both of which are linked to one of the school’s eight houses – Alverstone, Glenesk, Kingsley, Layton, Maclear, Major, McKissack and Roberts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tutor group is at the heart of the pastoral system and is composed of around 12 pupils from all year groups, which helps pupils to build relationships across the cohorts of the school. The tutor typically stays with the same group for the next five years; giving pupils continuity and stability. Tutor groups meet twice a week at the start of the day, although the tutor is available at many other opportunities should a pupil need them. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePupils are also allocated to a form group, which contains pupils from the same house and year group. Form groups have a principally administrative function, and pupils are registered every morning by their form teacher. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSixth form (years 12 – 13)\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the sixth form, new pupils are also allocated to a form and a tutor group, which are linked to one of the school’s eight houses. Girls joining the school are placed together in girls-only forms, but in all other respects the sixth form is fully co-educational.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMentors and buddies\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePupils new to the school at 13+ and 16+ will be linked with a buddy from the same year group and house who supports them through their first year at King’s. Within the houses, sixth form pupils act as mentors to new fourth form pupils, providing informal support and advice during their first few months at King\u0027s.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","Width":1,"Centre":false,"Background":"background-white"}],"EmbeddedBlocks":[]}}