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OUR VISION

The vision for Brecon High School

Overview

The curriculum experience for pupils attending Brecon High School has been developed to be as relevant, interesting and varied as possible. As pupils grow through the school, a wide range of opportunities are offered to them. Collectively, these enable pupils to develop into mature young adults. At the core of the school approach to the school curriculum is the development of pupil skills and the ability for these skills to be applied a range of issues. All Areas of Learning Experience (AOLEs) contribute directly to this provision and are responsible for the monitoring of how well pupils make progress each term.  

Brecon High School Vision Statement – Be The Best You Can Be

Every member of the school community is expected to be the very best they can be. Brecon High School’s key focus is to produce young adults that are confident to partake within society and make a positive difference to those around them. A core guiding principle that underpins this ambition is to encourage and develop personal resilience and responsibility amongst all pupils.

We believe in empowering pupils to take control of their own learning and to take ownership over how they learn as often as possible. By doing this, pupils will learn how to make good choices and also have the ability to thrive in a fast and ever-changing world.

By creating a learning environment that has high expectations of everyone – and by modelling the behaviour and standards that we expect from our pupils – we can provide the stepping-stones that bring dreams closer to reality.

Richard Jenkins

Headteacher

POLICIES

GOVERNORS

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Instrument of Government

Membership

General Information

In accordance with the Instrument of Government, the Governing Body at Brecon High School is made up of 20 Governors, including the Headteacher, 5 Local Authority (LA) Governors, 6 Parent Governors, 1 Staff Governor, 2 Teacher Governors and 5 Community Governors: as shown below:

The main work of the Governing Body is carried out through Full Governors and its two Sub Committees: (i) Finance & Premises and (ii) Standards and Accountability, who meet at least once every half term equivalent to eighteen times a year.

Elections are held by the school to fill vacancies for Parent Governors upon the cessation of the term of office or receipt of resignation. Parents are notified of elections and are invited to nominate themselves or others on the supplied form. Elections are also held by the school among
non-teaching staff for a Staff Governor and among teaching staff for their Teacher Governors. LA Governors are nominated by the LA and the Community Governors nominated by the Governing Body.

Any queries in relation to the Governing Body can be sent to the Clerk to Governors (Mrs. B. Groves) via e-mail: beth.groves@powys.gov.uk or the main school number: 01874 622361.

SAFEGUARDING AND BEHAVIOUR

What is Safeguarding

Making sure the people around us are not at risk of harm. This means that at Brecon High School all staff are looking out for signs and indicators that you may feel at risk of harm both inside and outside of school. It means that at Brecon High School staff are here to listen, if you are concerned for yourself or a friend, we are happy to listen to that concern. It means that all staff at Brecon High School, teachers, support staff, office staff and even the canteen staff have received training on how to notice and identify those signs and indicators, how to listen to concerns and what to do with those concerns, how and who to report them to.

In school we have a Safeguarding Team who are able to follow up any concern, to talk to you about your worries and to guide you through the next steps. As you know, we cannot promise to keep secrets, but we do promise that your information will only be shared with those that absolutely need to know. Part of our role as adults is to have a duty of care for you, this means that sometimes we do need to report what you tell us to other people outside of school as they are the one’s that are better placed to keep you safe. We will always talk you through this process where we can and explain why it is we need to do so. There are of course some exceptions, and sometimes concerns raised with us are brought to us outside of school hours and we can’t talk to you immediately, but if that concern indicates to us that you are at immediate risk of harm, we may have no alternative than to contact other agencies, such as the police, to make sure you are safe.

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