Pastoral Care at Crypt

As a Grammar School, Crypt provides a challenging and competitive environment for its students but its ethos is also a caring and supportive one.

 “The Crypt is a good school which provides outstanding care, guidance and support to students so that they make good progress and achieve consistently and exceptionally high standards.”  Ofsted Report 2008

All pupils in the school are placed in the care of form tutors who have the over-all responsibility for their welfare, and who are the first point of contact and correspondence in all matters relating to pupils in the school.

Form Tutors are supported by Heads of Year who have specific responsibility for overseeing the pastoral needs of the pupils in their year group. Each Key Stage of the school is overseen by an Assistant Head who is a member of the school senior management team. Currently these are:

Mr Adrian Courtenay & Mr Richard Sayers – responsibility for KS3

Mr Philip Stanlake & Mr Robert Biggs – responsible for KS4

Mr Matthew Brough & Mr Kevin Downes – responsible for KS5

Form time is set aside each week to enable form tutors to monitor the progress of pupils and parents are encouraged to contact the school immediately about matters of concern. The school employs a School Counsellor who is in school once a week offering pupils regular appointments or informal drop-ins