Student Support Service (SSS)
This team support students and parents with a wide range of services. They provide medical attention and triaging, organise parents’ consultations, meetings, deal with attendance, absence and punctuality, behaviour management, uniform, and signpost to other pastoral support across the school and externally. Student Support Services are located behind Reception, at the front and at the heart of our school.
Student Support Lead – Mrs Andrea Paskins
Matron – Mrs Emer Kelleher Bates
Matron – Miss Rebecca Spencer
Student Support Administrator – Mrs Debbie Puleston
Sixth Form Student Support Administrator – Mrs Jane Wingrove
Pastoral Team
Student Support Services work directly with our Heads of Year/House and our Tutors. Every student has a tutor and is part of a House and Year Group. Wycombe High School’s pastoral structures work vertically and horizontally. Heads of House are responsible for the ethos and behaviour of their Houses. They also have a year group academic focus.
Head of Year 7 – Mrs Erika Sage
Head of Year 8 – Mr Ben Clift
Head of Year 9 – Mrs Penny Robinson
Head of Year 10 & Year 11 – Mr Paul Garrett-Chapman / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead / Senior Pastoral Lead
Year 12 & 13 – Deputy Head of Sixth Form (Pastoral) & Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead – Miss Garland
Year 12 & 13 & – Deputy Head of Sixth Form (Academic) & Head of Nightingale House- Ms Saxon
Head of Sixth Form – Mrs Jennie Griffin / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Andrea Paskins – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead / Senior Pastoral Lead
Head of Austen – Mrs Penny Robinson
Head of Brontë – Mr Ben Clift
Head of Curie – Mrs Erika Sage
Head of Nightingale – Ms Claire Saxon
Head of Pankhurst – Mr Paul Garrett-Chapman
Head of Parks – Ms Katie Knox
Special Educational Needs Department
Our Special Educational Needs department is led by our SENDCo, supported by our Individual Needs Leader and her team of Learning Support Assistants and a Specialist Teacher Assessor for Specific Learning Difficulties. Our SEND team work very closely with our Mental Health Team and provide training and guidance whole school to ensure our teachers and other staff are able to support a wide range of special educational needs.
Mental Health Team
Our Mental Health Team is led by our Mental Health Lead, Miss Laurie Garland. The team is made up of five staff, including two counsellors and a Mental Health Officer. We also have a link worker from the Mental Health Support Team in Buckinghamshire who have a team of Educational Mental Health Practitioners, Family Workers and Youth Workers. Our team support our students directly and also signpost students to outside agencies should extra support be necessary. Our Team also develop and share well-being resources to use within the curriculum and outside of school with parents and families. Our statutory PSHE curriculum also keeps our students informed and aware of important matters related to their mental health and well-being. We have a dedicated Subject Leader for PSHEE, Mrs Lesley Woodward.
Mental Health Lead & DDSL- Miss Laurie Garland
Counsellors – Rahila Zouine and Kelly St. Claire
Mental Health & Wellbeing Officer – Mrs Debbie Cicchirillo
Wellbeing Support Mentor – Mrs Sophie Miller
Education Mental Health Practitioner – Bucks Mental Health Support Team
Youth worker – Bucks Mental Health Support Team
Family worker – Bucks Mental Health Support Team
SENDCo – Mrs Dani Smith
SEND Manager – Mrs Jasiah Akhtar
Learning Support Assistants – Mrs Misbah Khan and Ms Mary Grocutt
Specialist Teacher Assessor – Beth McLaren
