Wellbeing Support

• If you or a peer need additional support, please do not hesitate to put in an online Wellbeing Referral. You can also put in a paper referral at our Wellbeing Referral Boxes. These are located outside the Library, Wellbeing Hub and the Community Liaison Officer's office. 

• If your situation is urgent, please go to the Wellbeing Hub, School Counsellor's Office or see a member of the Senior Executive for support.

Once you have read the following information,

click here to apply for Illness and Misadventure.

You must ensure that you attend and/or complete and/or submit all ASSESSMENT TASKS on time for each course being studied. These tasks are very important and should only be missed if you are really sick and need to seek medical attention from a doctor OR if there is a critical incident (e.g. serious and sudden accident, illness or death in family).

If you cannot attend/submit or complete a task due to the above reasons, you MUST do the following:

• Notify the school office staff by telephone on the day the task is due and leave a message for the appropriate Head Teacher.

• If injured or ill, you will need to submit a Medical Certificate to verify that you are ill and that you attended the doctor.
  Note: Backdated doctor’s certificates will NOT be accepted

• Speak to the Head Teacher of that faculty THE VERY NEXT DAY you are at school to arrange a time to complete the task and speak to the Head Teacher of Secondary Studies to complete an ‘Illness/Misadventure Application Form’. (Link below)

• If you are ill during an assessment task or examination, you must notify staff supervising you so they can monitor you during the task. You will also be required to provide a Medical Certificate and to complete the Illness/Misadventure Application form.

• You will need to ensure that all relevant sections of the Illness/Misadventure Application are completed and submitted. The Head Teacher Secondary Studies will arrange for a meeting with the Appeals Committee, which takes into consideration the recommendations made by the Faculty Head Teacher. The committee is chaired by the Deputy Principal of your year group.

• The Appeals Committee will consider the information you provide to them AND will also take into account the Head Teacher recommendation. If the appeal is upheld the committee will liaise with the relevant Head Teacher about how your mark will be determined. In the case of a misadventure, an estimate may be used to determine your mark for that particular task at the end of the course. If the appeal is declined, you will be provided with feedback/comments, but a ZERO mark will be recorded as the official result for that task.

• The Head Teacher Secondary Studies will then advise the student and Head Teacher of the outcome of the appeal.

• If you are not satisfied with the outcome, you may (within two days of being advised of the outcome of your original appeal) appeal to the Principal – whose decision will be FINAL.

Please note that the Principal will only overrule the decision of the Appeals Committee if he/she determines that a gross error or oversight has occurred as part of the process undertaken by the Appeals Committee.

IF NO ILLNESS/MISADVENTURE APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED WITHIN 7 SCHOOLS DAYS FROM THE STUDENT’S DAY OF RETURN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS LISTED ABOVE, THE TASK WILL BE AWARDED A ZERO MARK

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MAY THEN CONTRIBUTE TO THE ISSUING OF AN N-DETERMINATION IN THAT SUBJECT