Pastoral Care

Press Release : Staff and students from St Gregory’s Catholic Science College are celebrating being singled out as one of the top 20 Lead Behaviour (LB) schools in England in a recent government report and earning £40,000 of additional funding into the bargain. St Gregory’s made the top 20 of the Department for Children Schools and Families’ (DCSF) list because of its “excellent practice in behaviour management” and the positive behaviour and high attendance levels of it pupils. The Catholic secondary is now part of the National Behaviour Challenge and will help other schools achieve good or outstanding Ofsted ratings for behaviour by 2012. In outlining its reasons for choosing St Gregory’s to be part of the new programme, the DCSF praised students at the school for their “outstanding spiritual, moral, social and cultural development… (which) permeates all aspects of the school’s work and supports students’ excellent behaviour.” The report also noted the “excellent attention” given at the school to “all aspects of care, guidance and support” and the fact that “students are known to staff as individuals.”

Head teacher, Andrew Prindiville says: “It’s a real honour to be recognised in this way by the DCSF as a leading school nationally and even more special to be among the first 20 pioneering LB schools in the Behaviour Challenge. I would like to thank all the staff, pupils and parents at St Gregory’s for making it the fantastic school it is.”

Having qualified to be part of the Behaviour Challenge, St Gregory’s will receive £40,000 each year in additional funding for as long as they remain part of the programme.

The money will help St Gregory’s meet the costs of sharing its outstanding practice and enable the school to buy in additional expertise to provide support to the schools it helps (such as parental support advisers).

St. Gregory’s operates a Prefect system at both Year 11 and Year 12. Students are invited to apply for various positions based on their skill set.

Once an application has been submitted, students are then interviewed by senior teachers and the Head Prefect to assess their suitability for a particular role. Students can also suggest a role that they would like to be responsible for if this area is not currently being met.

Head Prefect

The role of the Head Prefect in Year 11 is to lead and manage the activities each prefect will support according to the requirements of the school. The Head Prefect works closely with the Head of Year 11 to plan in advance using the school calendar, for events which may require the participation and support of prefects.

Deputy Head Prefects

The role of the Deputy Head Prefects is to support in the co-ordination of all prefects. Each Deputy is responsible for a particular aspect of the school, these roles include;

• House Prefects; responsible for fundraising at seasonal events and motivation in preparation for Sports’ Day.
• Subject Prefects; accountable to each Head of Department within the school.
• Corridor Prefects; monitoring the well-being of Key Stage 3 students during lesson change over, break and lunch time.
• Non-Subject Prefects; Various roles which support the librarian, Chaplain, SENCO, and canteen staff.
• Student Voice Prefects; in attendance and chair meetings of the Year 7-10 student councils fortnightly.

The School Parliament, made up of students from year 7 to 13, produces a Colours Booklet every term. This publication celebrates the achievements of our students in all aspects of school ranging from academic progress through to sporting success and other extra-curricular events.

The most recent colours booklets are available at the bottom of this page.