School Production of “Showstoppers” The College has, as its top priority, the wellbeing of all its students. All staff have pastoral responsibilities for the social, moral, academic and spiritual development of the students in their care. To achieve this end, teachers, in their role as Form Tutors, are given specific pastoral responsibility for a group of 20 –30 students in their Form Class. They are members of a team consisting of all the Form Tutors of the same year group under the leadership of a Year Head. The Year Heads in turn form a team under the Heads of School and Vice Principal of Pastoral Care. The Form Tutors will care for the students in their Form Class through daily contact. They should be the first person to whom a student will turn for help or advice, although it may be necessary to refer a particular matter to the Head of Year, or the Vice Principal of Pastoral Care, Chaplain, Head of Additional Educational Needs or one of the schools six teachers trained as Child Protection Co-ordinators. YEAR 8 Good communication and partnership between home and school is encouraged from the beginning. Parents and students starting in September visit the College in June and are introduced to the Head of Year 8 and their child’s Form Tutor. Parents also have a meeting with their child’s Form Tutor early in the first term of Year 8. The Year Head is usually a parent’s first point of contact if there is a concern. A Form Tutor will normally remain with a class as they progress through the school. In order to develop the diverse talents of our students, teaching classes are normally banded in groups of similar ability. There are high expectations of all students and procedures are kept under constant review with the aim of enabling everyone to develop his or her full potential. CHILD PROTECTION The College has a primary responsibility for the care, welfare and safety of all in our charge. The purpose of our Child Protection Procedures is to protect our students by ensuring that everyone who works in the College has clear guidance on the action which is required where abuse or neglect of a child is suspected or disclosed. Staff are vigilant at all times to the possibility of bullying occurring and will take immediate steps to stop it happening, to protect and reassure the victim and to change the behaviour of the bully. Lagan College operates a Child Protection Policy in line with the Department of Education guidelines. Copies are given to parents of all new students or are available on request from the College Office. Miss Collins (Vice Principal) is the Designated Teacher in charge of Child Protection and Safeguarding, Mrs McNamee (Principal), Mrs Carlisle (Vice Principal), Mrs Mulholland (Head of Senior School), Miss Wightman (Head of Junior School) and Mrs Grant (Head of Sixth Form) act as her deputies. PASTORAL CARE & WELLBEING
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