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26/09/23

Our Head Prefects, who have gone above and beyond already for the school and displayed the school values with passion and pride, have today met with our headteacher, Kirsty Rogers, to talk about how they feel our journey is going so far. pic.twitter.com/hV46skdtX4

26/09/23

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26/09/23

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23/09/23

When you receive emails from families who visited our open evening and every single one comments on our wonderful students 🥰 and a few who just wanted to let us know this 👇 pic.twitter.com/7Hd4D0YA4C

23/09/23

Always happy to check my emails on a Saturday when this is what is waiting! We still have Open Mornings coming up. Check out our website for more information https://t.co/PhhQhv2uaV pic.twitter.com/UzuZ9zNWWB

21/09/23

Join Amber & Tamas as they camp out in Mr Rayner’s class. pic.twitter.com/94j9ABV9dk

21/09/23

Scientific discoveries on the second floor! pic.twitter.com/BxAk4OGvWV

21/09/23

Aureus School:Cultivating ambition; high standards for all. pic.twitter.com/5u3MauMOFY

21/09/23

Kirsty Rogers, our newly appointed headteacher, gives the first talk of the evening to a packed hall. pic.twitter.com/P11Srlq8lx

21/09/23

Keyboard lessons in the music room with our Year 10 students. pic.twitter.com/anxAeYFPtN

21/09/23

Matilda rehearsals are underway at tonight’s Open Evening! “…sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.” pic.twitter.com/SNUp0ILyzv

21/09/23

Open Evening 2023 pic.twitter.com/7WIyf1iGwB

21/09/23

Tonight is our Open Evening: 4:30 - 7:30pm Everyone is welcome! pic.twitter.com/x3Vc4cyOfO

21/09/23

Tonight is our Open Evening: 4:30 - 7:30pm Everyone is welcome! pic.twitter.com/2dYspLzKgS

21/09/23

Tonight is our Open Evening: 4:30 - 7:30pm Everyone is welcome! pic.twitter.com/jpxf0MSpKf

21/09/23

Tonight is our Open Evening: 4:30 - 7:30pm Everyone is welcome! pic.twitter.com/FfXRaN157U

21/09/23

Tonight is our Open Evening: 4:30 - 7:30pmEveryone is welcome! pic.twitter.com/xHEUYu4Vjd

20/09/23

Team science have a new page to share with you all things science. https://t.co/5OfbrKj4js

15/09/23

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15/09/23

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Pastoral System

Aureus School is split into Year Group Teams, each of which are led by our Heads of Year (HOY) and who are overseen by Assistant Headteachers with responsibility for each of the Key Stages. 

Each Year Group Team is made up of the Head of Year,  a number of coaches (tutors), who lead coaching groups, each with about twenty-five students.  Each Year Group Team also has its own non-teaching member of staff known as the Pastoral Welfare Leader (PWL), and who has the experience of more complex needs and who has the time to work with students and be in contact with their families when there is a more immediate need that cannot be met by a coach, who may be busy with their teaching commitments. In addition to this, the Teaching Assistants, who work with teachers in each Year Group are also included in the Year Group Teams in order to ensure that the communications between the academic and pastoral teams is fluid and effective and that the support in and out of class is of the very highest quality.

The main function of each of the Year Group Teams is to support the behaviour, attendance and pastoral welfare of students, and that begins first and foremost within their coaching groups which meet at the start of each school day. Coaches provide targeted support for students that struggle to meet Aureus high expectations of behaviour and attendance. Coaches discuss any barriers or issues that the students in their coaching group have and then either provide or signpost appropriate support and guidance and involve their parents and carers to ensure that the adults that care for them understand and play a part of the support they receive.  Should a student have any needs that could benefit from more intensive support it will be offered by the appropriate specialists. 

We also have a number of non-teaching specialists, who work within the Pastoral Team and as such with the Year Group Teams and, who specialise with areas of need common to adolescents. These are our Attendance Officer, who works with Oxfordshire County Council to ensure that students attend school, our Designated Safeguarding Lead and Student Welfare Manager, who both deal with safeguarding and welfare concerns and our SENDCo, who is an expert in provision and interventions for students with special educational needs.

We also work with External Agencies specialist in supporting higher levels of need when appropriate. 

We are proud that our Pastoral Structure enables us to support students quickly and effectively and means that Aureus students learn that becoming excellent global citizens means that when we face challenges we should seek and accept relevant support from those around us .