Care Respect Inspire

Care and Support

Pastoral Support

Our pastoral system is central to the guidance and support we give your child to help him/her to progress well academically. On joining Pensby High School each child is placed in a mixed ability Tutor Group. Each Year Group also has their own Head of Year who will monitor their progress and help guide students along appropriate learning pathways throughout their school career.

Your child’s Tutor is usually the first point of contact if you have any information to share, or concerns about your child’s education or welfare. Subject specific enquiries would normally be addressed to the subject teacher. If in doubt, our Reception staff will happily advise you of the most appropriate person to contact.

Further Support

When appropriate, we may refer a student to one of our school mentor’s or to the counselling service that school brings in – there will invariably be an exceptional circumstance for this to happen. We also work closely with various external agencies to help students make the best progress possible.

Pastoral Staff

Mr C Griffiths (Assistant Headteacher i/c of Pastoral)
Mrs J Holmes (Behaviour Manager)
Mrs P O’Hare (Head of Year 7)
Mrs E Hardwick (Head of Year 8)
Mrs S Sullivan (Head of Year 9)
Mr R Woodward Booth (Head of Year 10)
TBC (Head of Year 11)
Mr A Davies (School Mentor)
Mr L Hall (Academic Mentor)
Mr A Boak (Academic Mentor)
Mr G Henshall (Academic Mentor)

How we keep your child safe in school!

‘Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play. In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all professionals should make sure their approach is child centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.’ (Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021)

Please access the school’s policies relating to safeguarding on the following pages:

Child Protection Policy

Download (pdf)

If you have serious concerns about a child:

Contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead Mrs Heather Davies (Deputy Headteacher)
Wirral Integrated Front Door Mon-Fri, 9:00am – 5.00pm Tel: 0151 606 2008 Outside of these hours Tel: 0151 677 6557
If a child is in immediate danger contact the Police on 999

Child on Child Abuse Information

At Pensby we are aware that sexual harassment and child on child abuse may occur. We have a PSHE programme which is delivered by our staff alongside external providers who support students to consider the features of positive, healthy relationships as well as help to identify where they can get support should they, their friends or family be in a relationship where sexual violence or harassment occurs.

We have a student focus group who regularly meet to discuss issues such as child on child abuse to ensure the school is active in ensuring a safe environment for all students and are best placed to act swiftly should students report concerns.

We have produced a fact sheet about different forms of child on child abuse that will explain: What is it? What can we do about it?

What is Sexual Harassment?

Download (pptx)

A safer me – keeping our older children safe

WSCP have launched a fortnightly series of Spotlight information sessions for parents and carers, all running from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

The online sessions will cover:

How we work together
What’s happening in Wirral?
What can I do?

Themes include:

Missing from home and care
Sexual Exploitation
County Lines
Peer Abuse
Gangs
Harmful Sexual Behaviours
Child to Adult Violence
Violence
Crime
Harmful Substances
Online Safety
Radicalisation and Extremism

Parents/carers can find the links to join each session at https://www.wirralsafeguarding.co.uk/spotlight-sessions-for-parents-carers/

Useful Information for Parents (and Students) by Topic

Sexual harassment and Sexual violence (Peer on Peer)

NSPCC :
Report Abuse in Education helpline: 0800 136 663
help@nspcc.org.uk
NSPCC – Talking about difficult topics
NSPCC – Sexual behaviour in children

Childline
Childline – Sexual Harassment

Childnet:
Childnet – Online Sexual Harassment: Advice for Parents and Carers of 13-17 year olds
Childnet – Online Sexual Harassment
Childnet – Sexting
Childnet – Parental controls

Kidscape:
Kidscape – Sexual harassment in schools: what can parents or carers do?

Stop it Now:
Stop it Now!

Action for Children:
Action for Children – How can I talk to my child about sexual harassment?

Consent:
Tea Consent

Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation

Catch 22:
Catch 22 – Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire CSE and Missing Service

NSPCC:
0808 800 5000 if you are worried about a child
help@nspcc.org.uk
NSPCC

The Lucy Faithful Foundation:
The Lucy Faithful Foundation – Harmful Sexual Behaviour Prevention Toolkit

CEOP – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command:
CEOP

IWF:
You can anonymously and confidentially report:
Child sexual abuse content
Non-photographic child sexual abuse images
IWF

Pace:
Pace – Child sexual exploitation

Bullying (including cyberbullying, prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying)

Childnet:
Childnet – Online Bullying

Kidsscape:
Kidsscape – What is bullying?

UK Safer Internet Centre:
UK Safer Internet Centre

Anti-bullying Alliance:
Anti-bullying Alliance – Advice for parents

NSPCC:
NSPCC – Bullying and cyberbullying

Young Minds:
Young Minds – Coping with life

Mental Health

Young Minds:
Young Minds

MIND:
Mental health information and support
MIND

Samaritans:
116 123

Papyrus – Prevention of Young Suicide:
Papyrus

HOPELINEUK is a confidential support and advice service for children and young people under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, or anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide
0800 068 4141 / 07860 039967
pat@papyrus-uk.org