Pastoral Care and Support

Our pastoral ethos is based on caring for every individual girl and personalised support is the cornerstone of our approach. As a single-sex school we are able to focus on the wellbeing and mental health issues relevant to teenage girls and to support them at this critical stage of their lives.

Our bespoke Personal Development Curriculum supports our girls to develop the skills, habits and dispositions to thrive both during their time at Godolphin and beyond. It comprises a three-fold model looking at each girls’ personal development through her engagement with, and care of, herself, society, and the world, and is underpinned by our overarching philosophy of building resilience and creativity. Through the Personal Development Curriculum, we seek to engender self-respect and self-confidence within each individual.

Our student School Council takes an active role in supporting student wellbeing and our House system promotes vertical friendships and mentoring while girls are encouraged to flourish both within the school and beyond it through community partnerships and volunteering. It is our aim that girls are happy within themselves and are well prepared for the promise that their futures hold.

In the Lower and Middle Schools the forms are looked after by co-tutors; so each tutor looks after 12-13 girls. The girls are supported by the Deputy Heads; Heads of Sections; Heads of Years; Form Tutors; two counsellors; and two nurses. Our Sixth Formers are also in tutor groups of 12-14 students.

Our Personal Development Curriculum also includes a comprehensive and dynamic PSHE programme for students and parents including talks from a number of expert speakers (both from within and outside our school community) addressing a whole range of teenage issues. We are an open, inclusive and tolerant school that celebrates our differences and is liberal in our values. Our student-run Pride and Feminist Societies and our Diversity Committee are forums for discussion about identity and equality.

Our mobile phone policy is that Years 7-11 students are not allowed to use their phones anywhere on the school site including before and after the school day, except after school with permission in a designated area. Sixth Formers can use their phones at break and lunchtimes in the Sixth Form Common Room. All students have their own school iPad with access to teaching materials and school approved apps.