Welcome to the Key Stage 3

Parent Forum

House System

Head of House

Mrs Downes

Head of House

Mr Valentine

Head of House

Mrs Turner

Head of House

Miss Dodd

Assistant Head of HouseMiss

Woodward

Assistant Head of HouseMiss

Humphreys

Assistant Head of House

Mrs Venables

Assistant Head of House

Mr Pierpoint

Tutors Tutors Tutors Tutors

Deercote Hazelslade Kingsley Oldacre

Year 7 Mrs Appleby-Towers

Head of House Responsible for KS3 Miss Dodd

• Data tracking for every student in all their subjects in year 7, 8 and 9.

• End of every term (three times through the academic year) • Recognising Progress and Achievement with rewards certificates,

letters home, E Praise Points.• Recognising areas of concern and putting action plans in place with

review meetings to follow. • Concerns with progress and soft data (behaviour, effort and

homework) across most/ all subjects then a Pupil Support Plan (PSP) will be arranged.

• SEN team may need to be notified or become aware of concerns raised by teachers and myself and further investigations will happen by the SENCO Jane Byrne.

• Outside agencies involved to support the student will involve a Caring Around the Family (CAF), e.g. Bereavement Services, Autism Outreach, (CAMHS), School Nurse and Police involvement.

Head of House Pastoral Care

• Behaviour tracking• Attendance and Punctuality tracking• Uniform concerns• Assemblies in House and Year Groups• KS3 Presentation Awards and KS3 Data Tracking Miss Dodd• House Day• Sports Day• Responsible for Year 9 Options Mr Valentine• Responsible for Prefects, Council Meetings and School Prom

Mrs Turner• Responsible for KS4 Data Tracking and Mentoring Mrs

Downes• Responsible for Year 7 Transition and Head of year 7 Mrs

Appleby-Towers

Pastoral Support System

Head of House

Assistant Head of House

Tutor Team & Subject

Teachers

Behaviour Management & Attendance

Officer

SEN and Outside Agencies

Mrs CampbellPastoral Support

Officer

Mrs LunnPastoral Support

Officer

House system

• Prefects and House Captains, head Boy/Girl, Arts and Sports Captains.

• Competitions• Peer Mentors Support emotional and

social (Mr Stokes responsible)• School Council Representatives • House Council Representatives• Involvement in Extra Curriculum

Activities

Communication Pathways Linked to Subject

Head of DepartmentEmail and Telephone School Diary

Subject TeachersEmail and Telephone School Diary

TutorsEmail and Telephone School Diary

Communication PathwayLinked to Pastoral Care

Assistant Head TeacherEmail and telephone School Diary

Head of HouseEmail and Telephone School Diary

TutorEmail and Telephone School Diary

Home-School Communication

• Long and short reports published on SLG (SLGsupport@walton.staff.sch.uk)

• Group Text and E-mails + letters• Website http://www.waltonstaffs.com/• General email address –

office@walton.staffs.sch.uk• Staff emails addresses:• headofbusiness@walton.staffs.sch.uk• headofdeercote@walton.staffs.sch.uk• I.Turner@walton.staffs.sch.uk• headteacher@walton.staffs.sch.uk

General Enquires

• •Parent Gateway (SLG)

• •Parents' Evenings

• •Parent Forums

• •Reports

• •Parent Governors

• •School Website

• •Requests covered by FOI and DPA

• office@walton.staffs.sch.uk or Telephone on: 01785 356300

Reports• Long and Short Reports published on SLG • Short reports (one per term)• Show Negotiated target grades, Working at levels, soft data

(behaviour, effort and homework), • Categorised into: • E = exceptional, • G = Good • S = Satisfactory but could be better, • R = Requires Improvement, attendance and punctuality

information and achievement and behaviour points.

• Long reports show the information above but also contain a written comment and targets/strategies to improve from class teacher

• Parents need a login to get this information – Email address is:

• SLGsupport@walton.staffs.sch.uk

Data Tracking Progress

Reg Group House ClassGifted/

Talented

Pupil Premiu

m Indicato

rKS3

NegT Y7

KS3 WAL Y7

Spring

Behaviour Y7

SummerEffort Y7 Summer

Homework Y7

Summer

KS3 WAL Y7

Summer

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/Ar 14/15 5c

E E G5b

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/En 14/15 6c 5a E

E E5a

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/Fr 14/15 4a 4c

G GE 4c

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/Ge 14/15 5a 5a E E E 5a

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/Hi 14/15 5b 5a E E G 5a

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/It 14/15 4a 5c E E E 5b

7.4 Oldacre 71/Ma1S 14/15 6a 6c G G G 6c

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/Mu 14/15 4a 4b E E n/a 4a

7.4 Oldacre 71/Pe5 14/15 4b 4c E E n/a 4b

7.4 Oldacre 7T4/Re 14/15 4b 4c E E E 4a

7.4 Oldacre 71/Sc1 14/15 5b 5a E E E 6a

7.4 Oldacre 73/Te1 14/15 5b 5c E E E 5c

Head of House

• Any questions please feel free to speak to me at the end of the session.