"We pride ourselves in ensuring your child feels safe, happy and can thrive."
Claire Hughes
Deputy Head Pastoral
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"We pride ourselves in ensuring your child feels safe, happy and can thrive."
Claire Hughes
Deputy Head Pastoral
Our team encourage an open environment where children talk about themselves and engage with staff frequently.
Your child will always have someone to talk to and they will know our number one priority is to ensure our children stay happy and healthy.
Our Deputy Head Pastoral - Claire Hughes - works closely with class teachers and the staff in St Michael’s Boarding House to oversee the emotional welfare of the children throughout their time at the school.
We want your child to settle quickly and make new friends. New students will be allocated a couple of children from their class in the first few days to help them settle in and show them round.
They may experience falling out with friends and we recognise this can be tricky for all children to manage. We have adopted the 'Girls on Board' approach to navigate girls, especially, through turbulent friendship issues and empower them to use the strategies taught to resolve their conflicts with school support.
We know it's really important for our children to stay happy and healthy. At Stamford there are lots of people our children can talk to: friends, teachers, the School Nurse, or any adult who works at the school if they need someone else to speak to.
We see the support of our young people’s physical and mental health as an essential element to their success.
Health and wellbeing advice and emotional support are available to students and families via the pastoral team, boarding staff, Heads of Year, tutors, student managers, Chaplain and the health and wellbeing team.
Where there is considered a risk of harm, information is shared appropriately, keeping safeguarding at the forefront of our approach.
All our staff are aware of indicators of abuse and neglect. They are able to identify cases of children who may be in need of help or protection and can inform the right people who can take action."
Anna Kennedy
Assistant Head Pastoral (Safeguarding & Clinical Services)
Anna Kennedy – Stamford School & Sixth Form
Claire Hughes – Stamford Junior School
Designated Safeguarding Governor – Dr Emelia Wawrzkowicz
Stamford Junior School
Sarah Buttress – Deputy Head Academic
Wendy Suter – Special Education Needs Coordinator
Stamford School
Katie Dexter – Deputy Head Pastoral
Alex Colley – Assistant Head Pastoral
Stamford Sixth Form
Chris Hawkins – Head of Sixth Form
Leigh Ware – Deputy Head of Sixth Form
We use a balance of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, fresh fruit and vegetables, and the inclusion of oily fish to ensure a well-rounded diet. Our menus are based on a 3-week cycle to ensure a good variety of meal choices.
We want to ensure our menus are age-appropriate and offer the right food, at the right time, in the right way to our pupils, in order to enhance their ability to learn.
As a school, we recognise that the expectation of food standards has developed considerably over the last few years and working with Holroyd Howe will allow us to keep ahead of food trends. As a school we need to be on the front foot of menu development and the nutritional requirements. We feel a specialised catering partner can enhance our knowledge and development.
When the School is open, the Chapel is available for any student, member of staff or parent to use. There are regular services on Sundays and most days during the week, and we celebrate the important festivals and occasions, including Advent, Christmas, Remembrance and Commemoration.
The School Chapel is located at the centre of the St Paul’s site and has had an interesting history as one of the oldest buildings at the school.
These are large teams which have fun by competing against each other in lots of different competitions, including sport, music and more! Our Houses are;
We are named after Catherine of Aragon. Aragon has Leo the lion as our mascot - as there is a lion on Catherine of Aragon's coat of arms. We love competitions and work very well together as a team.
We are named after Lady Maria de Salinas Willoughby of Grimsthorpe, who was a Spanish lady-in waiting to Catherine of Aragon. Our mascot is the Green Dragon 'Grimmy', named after Grimsthorpe. Our motto is 'Great Grimsthorpe goes for gold'.
We are named after Lord Rockingham of Rockingham Castle, Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. Our mascot is 'Rocky' the Red Kite.
We are named after Lord Burghley of Burghley House, Stamford, otherwise known as William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I. We have a dolphin as our mascot.
