The Royal Grammar School seeks to be a well ordered and caring community providing educational excellence for all pupils and which is underpinned by a pastoral care system that meets the changing needs of pupils as there grow and develop.

We believe that the welfare of each individual is important, because it is when a boy feels safe and secure in his environment that he can develop all his gifts and talents to the full. It is in this context that we align our policies and strategies with the ECM (Every Child Matters) criteria. We make it a priority through our pastoral system that every boy will feel known and cared for.

• We seek to ensure that every boy will have a smooth passage throughout his education, and will feel very much part of his form, the year group, and the whole school
  We expect the highest standards of behaviour and courtesy.
• We seek to encourage self-discipline and an awareness of the positive contribution that a boy can make to school life and to the community in general
• We seek to provide help and guidance for boys throughout their school career, not least when they face subject-choices for the year ahead.
• We seek to encourage and establish links with parents through meetings with Form Tutors and with subject staff. Pupil Planners are also used in this regard as is the Home–School Agreement
• We contact parents if we think that there is a serious problem concerning their son.
• We seek to ensure that the behaviour of the boys in and out of school is reasonable, always showing courtesy to and consideration for other people, respecting all others’ individuality without prejudice.
• We seek to provide a moral framework for boys’ personal development so that they may become courteous and tolerant members of the community.
• We will not tolerate any form of bullying or racist behaviour.