Secondary - House System
Our House System reflects the structure and systems that have been instrumental the success of Meridian Trust Secondary schools and creates a strong team and community identity. It reflects and delivers the commitment to ‘know, value and support every student to achieve.’
The College is divided into four Houses, with form groups of about 21 students. The intention is to have more houses as the school grows.
The Houses provide support and guidance within an environment where the needs of each child are known by his or her Tutor and Senior Tutor and their individual progress is monitored closely. Importantly, the House is the focus of the relationship between the school and families, with siblings in the same House.
The form tutor plays a vital role in providing continuity and cohesion to the student’s experience of school life, guiding and supporting the personal, academic and wider achievement of each individual student within the form. The tutor is also the first point of contact by parents and is the primary link between home and school. A tutor is involved in the process of monitoring, guiding and supporting students’ learning as they progress through the school, as well as helping them to prepare for further education and careers.
The Student Support Assistant is available at all times during the school day to support the needs of students, tutors and parents within that House family.
Here are some of the key aspects of the House System and how it helps our students.
House Teams
Every single person in the college belongs to a House. Each house has a Senior Tutor (who also is a teacher) and a Student Support Assistant who will oversee the running of each House. There are currently 8 forms within each House. Every teacher at the college is a form tutor and some part time teachers co-tutor a form with a colleague.
Tutorial Teams
Pupils entering the College are all placed in one of the House’s tutor groups, with approximately 21 students in each; these tutor groups will be vertical. Over time, our students will be joined by incoming students as we grow our vertical system. The tutor’s role is to support and guide students, along with their parents, to achieve their best academically and develop as individuals. Each House tutorial team will be led by a Senior Tutor who is:
- Responsible for the quality of guidance and support provided by tutors within the House
- Accountable for promoting the personal, academic and wider achievement of students within the House.
Superleague
The ‘NSC Super League’ provides a focus for all the Inter house competitions that run throughout the year. These include Friday competitions fortnightly, subject challenges throughout the year, interform sports activities in the Autumn and Spring Term, culminating in a final Spors Day in the summer. The winner of the Super League wins the highly coveted ‘Inter-House Trophy’ in July.