Sixth Form Pastoral Care
Fostering exceptional personal growth
All girls, whether they are new to Streatham & Clapham High School or already a member of the school community, are valued and nurtured as individuals through an attentive and expert pastoral system. This enables our girls not only to optimise their academic success but also to foster their confidence, sense of well-being and overall personal growth.
All girls are known personally by the Assistant Head Mistress (in charge of the Sixth Form), The Deputy Head of Sixth Form, and a team of tutors, who operate an open-door policy, giving our girls ready access to discuss any aspect of their sixth-form life and aspirations. The Sixth-Form Administrator helps all students with day-to-day management of their busy school lives. A dedicated Oxbridge and Competitive Universities Co-ordinator provides one-to-one and group support for applications to a large number of UK higher-education institutions.
What makes our Sixth Form experience stand out from the rest?
All girls are encouraged to widen their experiences and develop independently, both academically and personally. Working in smaller groups and studying in great depth, they can seize the opportunity to take the initiative and to offer their opinions and thoughts readily. They exercise much responsibility to their peers and the whole-school community, in turn developing leadership skills, self-discipline, and the enduring values and principles that will govern their future lives.
An awareness of opportunities beyond school
The Head Master’s Lecture Series, featuring distinguished women and men from all walks of life, also provides a valuable forum for students to develop an awareness of issues related to the arts and sciences, law, politics, citizenship, business, ethics, and many others. They also benefit from an attentive careers-education programme, which enables them to gain self-knowledge and an awareness of the great number of opportunities available to them beyond school.
Sixth Form leavers are thus exceptionally well equipped to make a difference to the world at large. They are confident in taking complex and difficult decisions, and relish pursuing their own pathways with conviction and resolve.