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No 1: Delighted to rank as top school in Wakefield
by THE GOOD SCHOOLS GUIDE
You’ll like the way we value SMILES as much as success.
Wellbeing and the development of positive relationships are two themes central to Wakefield Girls’ ethos. They’re at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on having a kind, positive and inclusive community where students feel fully supported to progress both academically and socially. We want every student to feel happy, relaxed, confident, and valued in an environment that enables them to truly be themselves. Wakefield Girls’ is committed to safeguarding and helping all students achieve intellectual rigour, leadership skills and wellbeing of physical and mental health. This is an important part of life here: when we are well, we learn, create and enjoy life more wholeheartedly. In school we provide an on site nurse and cognitive care for all students in every year group.
A happy school life is our way of life.
Our awareness of the positive role wellbeing can play means that we support students not just when they’re settling in, but throughout their school lives. Our initiatives include a weekly enrichment afternoon, Wellbeing Week, wellbeing lessons and resources, mindfulness practices, a Happy Cafe and designated student and staff wellbeing ambassadors. Alongside our in-school counsellor and matron, students from Year 10 also have the opportunity to train as Peer Counsellors and support new students and those up to Year 9 with everything from settling in and homework, to friendship advice.
A school with kindness and wellbeing at its heart.
We create a secure environment where students gain a true sense of their own worth and feel a real sense of belonging, fostered through small personal tutorials, affiliation to a house, twice weekly assemblies, PSHE lessons and dependable peer and staff support.
We also include our whole community in conversations around wellbeing, including our Wakefield Girls’ Matters programme in which we host half-termly webinars and events for parents, plus the regular addition of specialist external speakers.
Juniors
For our younger Junior students, cognitive care focuses upon self awareness, learning to respect others, developing kindness, empathy and boundaries so all students become able to navigate the highs and lows of friendships and community.
Seniors
As students grow in our community, we develop the ability to keep a balance of tasks, commitments and psyche, keeping ourselves from becoming overwhelmed or burnt-out when we get taxed or tired. We help students to manage stress responses, calm charged emotions and to learn what works best for them.
Safeguarding
Wakefield Girls’ is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all those who work for and on behalf of the school to share this commitment.
We recognise the importance of children receiving the right help at the right time to address risks and to prevent issues from escalating; the importance of acting on and referring the early signs of need, risk, abuse and mental health problems; keeping clear records; listening to the children’s views; reassessing concerns when situations do not improve, sharing information quickly and challenging inaction, whilst recognising that children may not feel ready or know how to tell someone that they are being abused.
All members of our school community assist by maintaining the security of our school site and by reporting anything they feel threatens the safety or wellbeing of themselves or others. Should students or parents have any concerns in this respect, they should contact the child’s Form Tutor or any other member of staff who will alert our Designated Safeguarding Lead, James Harris (Deputy Head, Pastoral). There are also 4 Deputy Safeguarding Leads: Judith Tingle, Kirsty Varley, Sam Rowley and Vanessa Hutchinson.
Code of Conduct
Everyone has the right to feel comfortable, secure and accepted without being subjected to behaviour that makes them feel upset, intimidated or uncomfortable at Wakefield Girls’ . Following and upholding the Code of Conduct is an expectation for us all. Bullying or extreme views/behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated and must be reported to school to address.
Read further information about the Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership