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Pastoral care refers to the level of protection and safety students can receive at their school. In theory, all schools should provide this to a certain extent in order to protect their students and staff. But each school is different in how they provide it.
As parents we want what’s best for our children, and schools will do their utmost to ensure that they are in the best place for support. This guide from this forest school in the Cotswolds shall show you the main reasons as to why pastoral care is important.
Improved skills
Children are more likely to improve their communication and social skills with others when they have access to pastoral care. It gives them a lot of practice to understand how to learn from other people’s feelings, thought processes and more. These skills can then be transferred to other parts of your child’s education and in real life situations.
Pastoral care in the majority of schools comes in the form of PHSE lessons – which cover social issues, mental health and economic programmes. These are great tools for children to learn about as they grow older in order to understand elements of society that happen away from the school grounds.
Improved mental health
A huge element of pastoral care is that children are given access to as much support as they can during school time. Having that extra element of care and attention from teachers and specified staff will make children feel more open and respectful of others.
It also means that children tend to have better mental health as a result. They can access a support system within their school that can be confidential and encourage them to be honest with staff. In return children are more likely to be focused on their work because they know they are being supported.
