Character & Leadership

We will embed character development and wellbeing across all aspects of school life, through daily experiences that teach the girls resilience, kindness, creativity and responsibility. We will encourage our girls to try new things, reflect on their endeavours, and support each other, developing their independence, imagination, and confidence.

Our priorities:

• Boarding as Character-Building: Leverage the full-boarding experience as a platform for pastoral care, resilience, empathy, leadership, and service.
   
• Wellbeing First: Ensure pastoral systems promote whole-pupil wellbeing, emotional literacy, and a strong sense of belonging.
   
• Mentoring & Reflection: Expand tutor and mentoring programmes to support long-term personal development, self-awareness, and ethical decision-making, fully aligned with the SSG Transformative Education Framework.
   
• Character Curriculum: Embed our Character Curriculum across academic, co-curricular and pastoral provision, giving pupils tools to build their intellectual and emotional character.
   
• Separate Yet Together: Leverage opportunities within SSG to broaden pupils’ learning and experiences.
   
• Leadership in Practice: Introduce leadership opportunities across co-curricular and boarding life, building initiative, accountability, and reflective practice.