Pastoral

Year 7
Year 8-9
Year 10-11
The Sixth Form
Prefects Induction

The Structure of the Pastoral System

There are 27 tutor groups at Oxford High School, organised into years 7 – 13.

The Lower School comprises years 7 to 9 with three tutor groups in each Year

    

Miss Berry is Head of Year 7. She is particularly concerned with ensuring that all the girls quickly learn what is expected of them and develop the skills and behaviours to flourish and succeed in the busy new environment of a Senior school. She works closely with each tutor who has the responsibility for the day to day welfare of the girls in her tutor group. The high spot of the year 7 calendar is the week long residential activity trip to Somerset in June.

        

Mrs Ekins is Head of Years 8 and 9 and is responsible for maintaining the energy and spirit of the girls as they progress up the school, as well as keeping them focused on work and study. They learn to make the first big decisions about their futures when they choose second languages at the end of Year 8 and their GCSE choices at the end of Year 9. High spots in Year 8 include the Pyjama Party and the residential trip to Hadrian’s Wall during the last week in June. In Year 9 the action packed year ends with a day of problem solving activities, designed to test leadership and communication skills.

The Upper School is made up of Years 10 and 11

    

There are four tutor groups in each of years 10 and 11. Dr Squire, Head of Years 10 and 11, co-ordinates the activities of the tutors. She works closely with the girls, their subject teachers and their tutors to help them achieve balance, progress, success and fun.  Year 10 begins with a bang during the three-day team-building trip. This trip provides a unique opportunity for the girls in the new tutor groups to get to know each other, establishing new friendships and consolidating existing ones. Year 11 enjoy a trip to London to visit the theatre and see the sights as a treat after the rigours of their mock GCSE examinations in the spring.  Thoughts of exams and study are temporarily put aside during the Sixth Form Induction Day in late June, which gives our future Sixth Formers the chance to enjoy thinking about the opportunities ahead as well as taking part in some light-hearted team building activities.

The Sixth Form

    

There are five tutor groups in each of Years 12 and 13, which comprise the Sixth Form. Miss Pallas-Brown, Head of Sixth Form works with subject teachers and tutors to enable students to make the best of the opportunities that the senior part of the school has to offer. Girls contribute an incalculable amount by acting as form assistants to younger years, captaining sports’ teams and leading orchestral groups and ensembles. As Prefects and Heads of House, Sixth Formers promote whole school activities to the benefit of all.  The energy, originality and intelligence they bring to every activity are the factors that make Oxford High School the unique institution of which we are all proud to be a part.

 

PREFECTS INDUCTION CEREMONY

The Headmistress led the annual ceremony, where the new Prefects were introduced to the school, and which took place on a particularly beautiful North Oxford winter’s day on Friday, 8th February.

The ceremony is steeped in tradition, and there are rituals which are handed down from the retiring Prefects to the new team every year.   Some of these traditions remain unknown (and probably incomprehensible !) to anyone outside the Prefects – what are those pieces of paper labelled “10 Commandments” which have been passed down over the years ?!! ……

The special assembly saw the farewell to each retiring Prefect, followed by the new team being introduced, who then received their sunflower and Prefects’ badges and signed the book which has recorded names since 1987.

Prefect Team 2008/09

Molly Ballard (Head Girl)
Sophie Hollows (Deputy Head Girl)
Rachel Wilkinson (Chair of School Council)

Jessie Anand
Emma Blakey
Rosie Dilnot
Rebecca Hewstone
Roberta Iley
Nicola Jones
Holly Malins
Kyan Pucks
Jess Rickman
Mayumi Robinson

New leaders with Headmistress

Former Head Girl pins badge on her successor

New Prefect Team

Retiring Team