Year Groups

Each year group at Welling School has both an Achievement Team Leader and a Year Care Team member that they can turn to for both academic and pastoral support during their time at Welling. 

The achievement team leader plays a vital role in your child's academic performance during their 7 journey at Welling School. To contact your child’s team leader directly, please visit the “Meet the Team” page on our website.

As part of their role, an Achievement Team Leader would be responsible for:

  • Establishing a clear vision for leading on intervention; supporting students to achieve high standards of academic progress, behaviour, attendance, punctuality and uniform.
  • Rigorously and systematically monitoring achievement and attendance
  • Leading, inspiring and developing a highly effective year team enabling students to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Key areas of focus are:

Creating a positive learning climate

  • To maintain high standards of behaviour, attendance, punctuality and uniform.
  • To ensure that school policies and procedures are communicated and applied consistently.
  • To initiate early contact with parents/carers of pupils when there is concern regarding achievement, behaviour, attendance/punctuality or uniform.
  • To proactively contact and represent the school at meetings with external agencies as required.
  • Use assemblies to praise and promote positive achievement and behaviour

Deploying successful interventions to maximise achievement

  • To meet with the Assistant Head (Raising Standards) and Year Care team following each Assessment window to discuss and evaluate intervention work.
  • Use data to inform, monitor and evaluate intervention planning and target setting with identified groups and individuals.
  • To keep accurate records of contact/meetings with parents/carers and initiatives implemented for students on Bromcom.
  • To fortnightly review achievement initiatives with SLT line manager.

Displaying the qualities of a successful leader in order to drive a team towards achieving shared goals

  • Has a compelling vision for improving pupil outcomes.
  • Is able to plan for impact & evaluate initiatives.
  • Makes effective use of the latest evidence based research.
  • Is committed to continual improvement of themselves and others to overcome potential barriers. 
  • Sets the highest standards and monitors to ensure they are met.
  • Challenges and supports colleagues to develop them as practitioners.
  • Acknowledges the importance of collaborative working to develop effective teams.
  • Ensures that tutor time is used effectively by developing, monitoring and reviewing a pastoral curriculum and timetable of activities.
  • Inspires, motivates and leads a Year Care Team and tutor team.