Pastoral Support

At Tooting Primary School  children’s well-being is at the heart of everything we do.  We believe that we cannot expect academic success or positive personal development from our pupils if they are experiencing social or emotional difficulties.  We work hard to ensure that all pupils are able to make the most of all of their educational, social and emotional opportunities, to be the best that they can be.

Our Pastoral team is very much every member of our staff, whether that be through our communication, our interactions with each other, our ethos of belonging and community or through specific interventions to support removing barriers to learning and promote well-being  We are a talking school, and through consistent communication and early intervention, we are able to identify and put early support in place, for pupils that are facing difficulties.  

 At Tooting Primary School, we work hard to ensure that our pupils are actively taking responsibility for their choices and recognise how their choices impact our whole school community. We believe that all children should be supported to contribute to positive change in our school and to act as role models for each other. Our peer mediation programme, is highly successful. The children  in years 5 and 6 have to apply for the role and secure 3 references, they are then trained to mediate conflict in the playground and to give children the opportunity to continue to support each other's personal growth and development. Our younger children can become 'Playground Pals', a role designed to ensure that everyone has access to a friend. Both our Peer Mediators and Playground Pals take pride in supporting pupils in our school and carry out their roles with passion, to ensure a happier, healthy environment for all to thrive. 

 At Tooting Primary School, we deliver multiple interventions, usually over the course of a term, but where required for shorter or longer periods. The interventions used at Tooting Primary School include:

• ELSA
• Emotional Literacy 
• Social Skills 

If pupils require further specialist support we work closely with outside agencies, such as CAMHS and Early Help.