Support for your child

Tutor Groups

Students are carefully assigned to tutor groups when they arrive at the school. The form tutor is a consistent point of contact for students, taking responsibility for their personal, social and academic welfare and maintaining communication with parents. Each year group has a Head of Year who tracks the progress of students, helps resolve problems and works with tutors to promote good attendance, positive behaviour and a vibrant community spirit. The Support for Learning Team provides further valuable help towards achieving these aims.

Positive Relationships

We have a strong framework of personal, social, health and citizenship education. Students are helped to develop positive relationships along with the skills and attributes necessary to make a constructive contribution to school and the wider community. This is complemented by a comprehensive programme of assemblies, many of them taken by students with the help of their form tutors.

Zero Tolerance of Bullying

To maintain Denbigh as a community with low levels of bullying, we respond firmly and supportively should any such incidents occur. Our PHSCE programme has a strong emphasis on teaching about bullying, its causes and how to respond appropriately.

Study support

All students receive personal academic mentoring from their form tutors to help set clear and achievable learning targets.

• A team of learning mentors work with individuals to maximise benefits to be gained from the opportunities made available to them.

• A homework support club is provided every lunchtime, which is open to everyone.

• Our support for learning team is a model of good practice with inclusion at the centre of its provision and this is recognised through the Inclusion Quality Mark. The team provides support for many individual student needs and makes provision for students who have English as an additional language so that they have access to the full curriculum.

• All departments run extra study and revision sessions during lunchtime and after school in preparation for examinations.

Special educational needs

• All pupils at various stages in their learning require additional support, some more than others. At Denbigh we adhere to the national code of practice for Special Educational Needs (SEN) to ensure that students' individual needs are met.

• We work closely with the full range of support agencies to maintain the highest expectations of all our students to achieve and succeed.

• We are interested in and proud of everyone in the school and we value their unique contributions. A strong and experienced team of support staff works closely with other staff and school leaders to get the very best out of students who face particular barriers to learning.

Access provision for those with disabilities

• An audit of access to all areas of the school has been undertaken by staff from the Capital and Asset Management Division of Luton Borough Council from which the school has developed an access improvement plan.

• The sports hall features a dedicated lift that provides access to the whole building for students with disabilities.