At Wycombe High School we aim to produce mature, confident, articulate students, ambitious to achieve their own potential, but also altruistic and ready to contribute to the society in which they find themselves. In all this, pastoral care plays an important role.
You will be allocated to a small tutor group, each of which has about twenty students. Your tutor will monitor your academic progress and general welfare. Normally, you keep the same tutor for both the Lower and the Upper Sixth, and see your tutor twice daily for registration. Tutorial sessions are held three times a week, when your tutor will carry out pastoral work on an individual basis, or run a whole tutor group meeting.
The move from main school, or another school, to our Sixth Form is a big one, and we work hard to ensure that you maximise the opportunities presented and realise your talents and ambitions. To this end, an Induction Day is arranged for all Sixth Formers and an additional one for those new to Wycombe High School. We also organise a programme of individual mentoring, which is particularly intensive in the first term of Year 12 and aims to ease the transition into the Sixth Form.
We recognise that occasionally some students find themselves encountering difficulties. We will do whatever we reasonably can to provide you with the information and support you need to find appropriate advice to help you solve any issues.
We are fortunate in having a designated Pathways Advisor, Mrs Hayward, who is based in the Miller Block. Mrs Hayward works with individual students in Key Stage 4 and the Sixth Form on issues such as study or exam anxieties, time management, study skills or revision techniques.