Academic Support

Student progress at Lutterworth College is led by a team of Progress and Academic Leaders (PALs).

The role of a PAL is to improve the progress and achievement of all students within their allocated year group.

PALs work with a caseload of students that they support closely in addition to wider activities such as the promotion of excellent work and a culture of learning.

They have also produced a range of mentor activities to address barriers to learning that students identified in a survey.

• Carla James
  Year 7
  Carla James

  "In my role as progress and achievement leader for Year 7, I am committed to ensuring all students become the very best they can be. I truly believe that education has the power to transform the lives of our students, empowering them to reach their full potential. As our students progress through Lutterworth College, I look forward to watching them grow, supporting them in overcoming obstacles, and celebrating their accomplishments as they develop into well-rounded, confident young individuals ready to embrace the future."

  c.james@lutterworthcollege.com

• Aaron Eason
  Year 8
  Aaron Eason

  'As someone who fully believes that every child can achieve their potential, I value my position as the Progress and Achievements Leader for Year 11 and I am fully committed to ensuring that each child makes progress. After overcoming my own personal barriers due to the influence of my teachers, I feel it is now time to repay their service to me by serving others. My philosophy when I entered teaching has always been, "it is not always what you teach them, it is how you make them feel." And I hope that all my students feel that they are valued, are capable of success and that they matter.'

  a.eason@lutterworthcollege.com

• Molly Savage
  Year 9
  Molly Savage

  'In my role as a progress and achievement lead, I believe it is vital that every child has the opportunities to learn, flourish and succeed. Progress and achievement comes across in many forms in a student's life and the value they carry is great. I feel extremely lucky to be a part of student's journeys, and will provide them with support to meet their potential. Everyday is a jigsaw puzzle to a student's education that will shape them for the future. Seeing the progress and achievements that students accomplish motivates me to provide the best support I can for them.'

  m.savage@lutterworthcollege.com

• Paul Hill
  Year 10
  Paul Hill

  'In my role as Progress and Achievement Leader for Year 8, I am committed to helping our students achieve the outcomes they deserve at Lutterworth College. Â I was amazed by these students throughout Year 7 as they demonstrated an incredible attitude to their schoolwork and personal development, rising to the challenges they faced in impressive fashion. I look forward to maintaining this momentum in Year 8, working closely with those students who need some additional support and working with the wider year group to create and maintain a positive working environment which will help all students to achieve the very best outcomes they can. Year 8 marks an important step for our students as they select their GCSE options and we will work hard to make sure all students have the support and guidance they need to thrive academically and flourish in the future.'

  p.hill@lutterworthcollege.com

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• Sophie Greaves
  Year 11
  Sophie Greaves

  'Progress and achievement are two incredibly valuable things. Every individual, no matter what their area of interest, should be encouraged to see the value in the things they can achieve. Achievement comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes and means different things to every one of us. The most important thing to focus on is the journey. Improvement, achievement and success don't come without continuing motivation to grow and progress. I aim to work with students in order to ensure that they can see the value in the journey they are on and feel motivated to achieve success for themselves, even when this is challenging. It's a privilege to be able to work with so many fantastic individuals in this way. After all, the progress and achievement of the students we work with is what motivates me to do the very best job I can.'

  s.greaves1@lutterworthcollege.com

• Charlotte Bennett
  Deputy Head of Sixth Form
  Charlotte Bennett

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  'In my role supporting Sixth Form, I, in part, work with students on very clearly defined interpretations of achievement, in light of their proximity to their examinations. My philosophy of the need to go not 'under' or 'over' but 'through' instils in students the qualities of resilience, determination and hard work required to meet the parameters of the formal examinations they face. This may be supported through work with a whole cohort or individual academic intervention. However, I also very much believe in and seek to celebrate a more holistic perspective of achievement; students can achieve in so many different ways - through improvement, personal growth, outstanding attainment - and I take great pleasure in helping students to see the value of all of these in making progress in their learning.'

  c.bennett@lutterworthcollege.com

• Richard Rolfe
  Deputy Head of Sixth Form
  Richard Rolfe

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  r.rolfe@lutterworthcollege.com

An important part of the work undertaken by the PAL team is the mentoring programme, which takes place between year group PALs and selected students. Each term, each year group PAL (and the Deputy Head of Sixth Form) will work with a specific cohort of students, in addition to their work with their wider year groups, to develop organisational and subject-specific skills, and improve learning outcomes.

The programme has been met with real enthusiasm from students and parents alike. The short video below, which features previous mentees, gives an insight into the work associated with the mentoring programme, and how much students love to be a part of it!