Pupils Helping Pupils

Buddies

We have a well established buddy system at Hartford High School which is open to Year 9 students. Buddies spend time looking after the new Year 7s and help to make the transition from primary to high school as easy as possible. This is a great example of how students can mentor other students and help them adjust to life in a new school.

Prefects

In Year 8, all of our students have the chance to be duty prefects situated in each foyer and undertaking a number of tasks. In Year 10 you can apply to become a fully fledged prefect. Each of the four Houses has its own prefects, senior prefects, two sport captains and two House Captains male and female. With students giving up their time, they gain experience at working in a team and coping with responsibility, managing younger people at the school. Every prefect enjoys their role and though it may be demanding, the rewards make it well worthwhile! There is the annual Year 10 prefect trip to Alton Towers and in Year 11 the social highlight of the year is the Hartford High School leaver’s ball.