Miss Preston – Assistant Head of Year 7 and Transition, Behaviour, and Refocus
Miss Preston oversees the running of the school’s ‘Refocus’ facility, ensuring students have a clear understanding of why they may have fallen short of the school’s expectations, and that they learn from their mistakes and move forward in a positive manner. The role also provides a more consistent approach when dealing with behaviour across all year groups. In addition, Miss Preston liaises with local primary schools to work with children who choose St Michael’s as their secondary school. The benefits of this include a smoother transition for the Year 6 students, closer ties with primaries and early identification of students who may need additional support at St Michael’s.
Mr Turner – Assistant Head of Year 10 and Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) Lead
In addition to being the Assistant Head of Year 8, Mr Turner’s role is to support students across all year groups with respect to mental health and wellbeing. He also works closely with external agencies to provide numerous options for students to access the help they require whilst at school.
Mrs Westwood – Assistant Head of Year 9
In addition to being the Assistant Head of Year 9, Mrs Westwood ensures that all students in Year 9 have strong pastoral support to help them with their revision, exams, and after-school plans.
Mrs Fellows – Assistant Head of Year 10
As well as assisting the Head of Year 10 to ensure the transition between key stages is seamless, Mrs Fellows works closely with Year 10 students to ensure that they are able to work towards their exam year in a positive way.
Miss Thompson – Assistant Head of Year11
As well as assisting the Head of Year 11, Ms Thompson works closely with Year 11 students to ensure that they are able to manage their exam year in a positive way.
Email: assistantheadsofyear@st-michaels.sandwell.sch.uk
All of the pastoral team conduct one-to-one sessions with students. In addition, group interventions are delivered by the pastoral team, including visits from outside agencies. The pastoral team members attend relevant meetings regarding student behaviour, attendance, and welfare. The pastoral team liaises with professionals and families using a multi-agency approach.
