Our Pastoral care at Arden is outstanding. We ensure our pastoral ethos and culture of high expectations is underpinned throughout the school. With many years experience within our pastoral team there are not many situations we have not experienced or supported pupils to overcome and we always strive to offer advice and support to both pupils and families.

Our Pastoral Team for Year 7 includes all of the following

Your Form Tutor
Your Head of Year - Mr Luton
Your Director of Pastoral Care KS3 - Mr Last
Your Deputy Headteacher - Mr Burke

Our Pastoral Support Officers:

Mrs Munn-Smith (P3 Office)
Mr King (P3 Office)
Mr Waller (P3 Office)

As part of our team we also have

Mrs Bains (Educational Welfare Officer)

SEE SAY SUPPORT

This is a phrase you will all know so well after your time at Arden and forms a small part of our anti-bullying policy.

Every school in the country will have bullying incidents or malicious behaviour. At Arden incidents that occur are minimal and when they do occur and are reported, our pastoral team investigate and address issues swiftly to ensure they are resolved.

We encourage all our pupils to report anything they SEE and they should feel confident that they can SAY what they have seen to a member of staff and then most importantly SUPPORT anyone in need.

We complete a pastoral survey on our pupils twice a year on their wellbeing and happiness at school. We use their individual feedback to inform our pastoral planning and to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all of our pupils.

Internal school support & external agencies

We offer support for students in as many ways as possible and we are always open to new ideas and courses available. We work closely with external agencies such as Malachi, a family support organisation, external counselling services and our school nurse. These are all subject to change so please speak to Mr Gethins about what support we can offer you or your child whilst at Arden.

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING

An area of huge importance to us, it is discussed throughout our pastoral curriculum and we have staff across the pastoral team who are Mental Health First aid trained. We know the pressures that our mental health support services are under (such as SOLAR in Solihull) and the long wait times in place. We will always do our best internally at school to listen, support and signpost help. We have this year been joined by a Health & Wellbeing Coach, who sees students 1-1 and in small groups, as well as putting on workshops.

We highly recommend Kooth- (more detailed information on 'Kooth' tab). This is also promoted at school to our students.

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