Student Support

All students are allocated a Tutor Group and Personal Tutor. 

Personal Tutors are the equivalent of school ‘form teachers’ and will usually be a main subject teacher. This means that students and their Personal Tutors get to know each other extremely well during their time at College.

The Personal Tutor’s primary role is to oversee their tutees’ pastoral care, supported by a team of pastoral support staff, including senior members of staff. They also act as a conduit for information and are responsible for delivering the College’s Tutorial Programme.

All students meet with their Personal Tutor, in their Tutor Group once a week, for a mandatory, timetabled tutorial period. 

Personal Tutors are also the main point of contact with the College for parents and guardians.

The College’s Tutorial Programme is delivered by Personal Tutors. Sessions cover a broad range of topics, including subjects focusing on health and well-being, as well as workshops relating to progression and career planning. 

Students are monitored closely by their teachers who develop an Individual Learning Plan, with targets set for attendance, effort and achievement. These are reviewed regularly and form the basis of students’ reports (see below).

Academic Reports indicating attendance, effort and achievement, are sent home every six weeks during the main academic year (equating to five reports in the Lower Sixth and four in the Upper Sixth).

Parents and guardians are invited to Review Meetings with subject teachers, in both the Lower and Upper Sixth. These are used to discuss progress and feed back any specific issues. 

The College offers all students free access to a comprehensive external counselling service. Trained counsellors can then refer students to other sources of support, should they be required. 

The College’s counselling and safeguarding polices are in line with the Surrey Safeguarding Children Board. These set out to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students at all times.

See College Policies

How to access support once you are a Reigate College student

The College is committed to inclusive education and seeks to ensure that every student is given the opportunity to make the most of their individual skills and abilities.

Specialist support is delivered by professionally qualified, experienced staff who are based in the Supported Learning Centre on the first floor of Priory Building. Please contact the team via enquiries@reigate.ac.uk

The department has qualified and experienced staff to assess and support:

• Students with learning difficulties or disabilities
• Students for whom English is not a first language
• Students with a physical or sensory disability
• Students with any medical condition which may affect their learning

Learning Support leaflet

All Learning Support needs should be raised at application stage, so that they can be followed up at interview, or before.

For further information please read the SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) Information Report which can be found on the College Policies webpage.

The Supported Learning Centre is located on the first floor of the Priory Building and is open from 9.00 am to 4.15 pm, Monday to Friday (term-time only) and provides a quiet and friendly environment in which students can work and receive support from staff. Support available might include advice with things like study skills, organisational skills and dealing with exam stress.

The College also has a staffed, brand new two-storey Independent Learning Centre that’s designed for students to undertake silent study between lessons.

Independent Study Skills and Directed Study Programme: In order to prepare students for life at university or employment, the skills for independent study are embedded in all College teaching.

Students who are identified as needing additional support with developing these skills are assigned additional, timetabled sessions, via a Directed Study Programme.