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Meet our teachers, explore our beautiful grounds, and see how our students learn, grow, and thrive every day.
November 2025
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Pastoral care at Stamford sits at the heart of everything we do for your child.
The health and wellbeing of all of our students is paramount to our daily lives at our school; we know that happy and healthy students are more likely to thrive and achieve their full potential. Our aim for your child whilst they are at Stamford is to unlock their potential to be the best version of themselves; and for that to happen they need an excellent pastoral provision.
Our pastoral programme is given the highest priority.
As a School we are caring, friendly and know that happy, cared-for children are most likely to thrive.
Form Tutors develop good relationships with each member of their set and are quickly able to identify problems. Our pastoral team works together to provide a happy and fulfilling environment for our students.
Our behaviour, health and wellbeing, and safeguarding teams work together under one pastoral umbrella.
This joined-up approach ensures every student has access to the right support and a trusted point of contact for any concern or worry.
We treat every child as an individual, helping them grow into rounded, grounded young adults ready for the next stage of their lives. By building resilience and promoting strong wellbeing, we equip students with the tools and confidence to navigate life’s challenges, supported by parents, tutors, teachers, boarding staff and the wider school community.
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 Safeguarding
Anna Kennedy – Stamford School & Sixth Form
Emergency DSL Mob: 07519328689
Claire Hughes – Stamford Junior School
Designated Safeguarding Governor – Dr Emelia Wawrzkowicz
Stamford Junior School
Sarah Buttress – Deputy Head Academic
Claire Stratford – Special Education Needs Coordinator
Dan Thacker – Teacher/Houseparent
Stamford School
Katie Dexter – Deputy Head Pastoral
Alex Colley – Assistant Head Pastoral
Nisha Odedra – Teacher of Philosophy and Ethics
Stamford Sixth Form
Chris Hawkins – Head of Sixth Form
Leigh Ware – Deputy Head of Sixth Form
We have a strong focus on health and wellbeing across the School.
We see the support of our young people’s physical and mental health as an essential element to their success.
Our confidentiality policy enables students to trust in our supporting teams.
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.
The Phoenix Rooms provide calm, quiet spaces where students can take time out when they feel overwhelmed.
Here, they can seek support from a member of the pastoral team or spend time quietly with friends.
Recognising that students sometimes need a place of sanctuary, we plan to expand the number of Phoenix Rooms so that every student who needs one can benefit.
The Phoenix Rooms offer calm, welcoming spaces equipped with games and activities that help students refocus and manage anxiety, designed to provide comfort and promote relaxation.
As part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing pastoral care, we plan to extend the provision of Phoenix Rooms across the School. The first Phoenix Room opened at Stamford High School in September 2021 as part of the wider Phoenix Project, a student-led initiative supporting wellbeing and resilience.
All our meals are freshly prepared on-site each day using high-quality ingredients. Menus are carefully balanced to ensure a nutritious and varied diet. Operating on a three-week rotation, our menus offer plenty of choice and seasonal variety.
We recognise that the needs of 11- and 12-year-olds differ from those of our Sixth Form students. Our catering team designs age-appropriate menus that provide the right food, at the right time, in the right way, supporting wellbeing and enhancing students’ ability to learn
Stamford School partners with Holroyd Howe to deliver high quality food.
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.
We have recently achieved Allergy Aware School Status from Anaphylaxis UK. This recognition highlights our ongoing commitment to supporting students with allergies through staff training, robust policies, and a whole-school approach to awareness, ensuring a safe, inclusive, and understanding environment for all members of our school community.
Our house system mixes pupils from across all our schools to partake in competitions to enrich their school experience.
This provides younger students with good role models and creates a sense of responsibility for the senior students as they take on more of a mentor and support role towards the lower years.
Students will stay in the same colour of house, as they move from the Junior system to the Senior system.
Radcliffe in Years 7 – 9, Eliot in Years 10 – 13
Exeter in Years 7 – 9, Cavell in Years 10 – 13
Beale in Years 7 – 9, Ancaster in Years 10 – 13
Anderson in Years 7 – 9, Brazenose in Years 10 – 13
