Supporting Students

It is important to recognise that young people come with a variety of talents and gifts; there is an important place for the cheerful, the considerate, the shy and the extrovert.  We hope we can provide opportunities for these talents to shine.

Young people also come with all sorts of needs.  We aim to meet these needs through companionship, challenge, encouragement and a lot of care.  Withernsea High School is a special place because of the emphasis we give to care.  We are not so big that anyone becomes unknown.

We have always laid great store on students obtaining their maximum potential and all  of our students can achieve great progress.  We are fortunate to have a highly qualified and trained staff who are hard working and committed to the school.

We need to help students to develop flexibility and adaptability.  Unskilled jobs are increasingly rare and we need to work with parents to provide the skills, experiences and opportunities that will be needed if students are to cope with the demands of this new century.  We must therefore equip students with the necessary skills to use modern technology, learn independently, work in a group and lead a team.  Such experiences come from lessons with a variety of teaching and learning formats, and also from our rich programme of extension activities