Student Wellbeing and Safeguarding
As an educator, your role in a student’s life goes beyond providing a great education. You’re a leader, role model, coach, advisor and facilitator of positive growth. Since students spend so much of their time at school, it’s up to you and your fellow educators to make school a positive and inspiring environment where children can do their best work and be their best selves.
Our Acting Head of Pastoral Care, Jean-Baptiste Gamain, supports our unique mission and values by guiding the wider team to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our students. As intellectual and emotional development go hand in hand, his team’s work is essential to the individual success of our students.
Jean-Baptiste’s team also signposts families to external resources in the event of recurring issues, and offers parent lectures and discussion groups. His department and their work has been recognised as Outstanding by Ofsted.
Meet our Student Wellbeing Team
Jean-Baptiste Gamain
Jean-Baptiste is a founding team member, having joined the team in 2015 as our Dean of Students. He holds the position of Acting Head of Pastoral Care and is responsible for leading a team who provide an outstanding level of care and safeguarding to each child in our school.
Laetitia Pavia
Laetitia is the Acting Deputy Head of Pastoral Care. Her role is school-wide and she manages the organisation of student life to ensure their wellbeing and safety. Laetitia and her team also oversee the After School Programme and Garderie.
Manon Delacote
Manon is a Learning Support Specialist within our Wellbeing Team.
Valérie Lesage
Valérie, our school Nurse, deals with all health-related concerns across the school. She supports the PSHE curriculum with her specialist knowledge and expertise and runs workshops with parents, as well as for and with students on supporting health issues. She also offers age-appropriate workshops to students in small and large groups on topics such as nutrition, healthy relationships, respect, and sleep management.
Maxence Convent
Maxence manages the day-to-day running of the Weblibrary. He also supports the school’s media resources by liaising with staff, students, and parents and works hard on student wellbeing initiatives throughout the year such as Mental Health Week.
Dogtor George
George joined the Animals as Therapy programme in 2020 and passed his exams with brio! He works under the direct supervision of personnel qualified to help with classes or therapy sessions when needed for our Animal Therapy Programme. He collaborates with colleagues during training weeks on diversity awareness, bullying prevention, and mental health.
Meet our Safeguarding Team
Michael Penrose
Safeguarding Governor
Bradley Eaton
Designated Safeguarding Lead and PE Teacher
Mireille Rabaté
Head of School and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Julien Astruc
Head of Secondary
Minisha Bist
Head of Primary
Jean-Baptiste Gamain
Head of Pastoral Care
Neil Hooley
Head of Early Years Cycle 1: Pre-reception and Reception (PS-MS)
Karolina Jarzyna
Head of Lower Primary: Years 1 and 2 (GS and CP)
Christina Rebello
Head of Middle Primary: Years 3 and 4 (CE1 and CE2)
Aliya Faruqi
Head of Upper Primary: Years 5 and 6 (CM1 and CM2)
Darielly Castillo-Whight
Head of Year 7 and Year 8 (6ème and 5ème)
Benoit Gschwindt
Head of Years 9 and 10 (4ème and 3ème)
Eddy Labidi
Head of Year 11 (Seconde)
John Richardson
Head of Year 12 (Première)
Alijaž Tirić
Head of year 13 (Terminale)
What Our Families Say About Us
Feedback From Students
Feedback From Students
I wanted to thank you for the advice you gave me during my studies at LIL. Right now I can just about face every challenge. I turned 18 just over a month ago and I’ve travelled across Europe with a few hiccups, but stress and anger management helped me find solutions. I passed my French Bac with “mention bien” and I couldn’t be more proud of myself. The listening skills you gave me help me in my teamwork. I’m very grateful for the help you gave me and wish you all the best.
Amélie. Old Winstonian (Alumni)
Thank you for the work you have encouraged me to do, I am starting a new stage of my life and I feel confident and excited. I don’t know what lies ahead, but I know that change is nothing to be afraid of. I have learned to embrace change and to break free from the shackles of my own fear.
David, Old Winstonian (Alumni)
I’m really grateful for everything you did for me last year. You were always there for me, even when I was convinced I was utterly alone. I can’t thank you enough.
Julie, Year 9 student
Feedback From Parents
Feedback From Parents
I would like to extend our immense appreciation to your and your staff for all the work you do on behalf of our daughter. The school has not only set the very highest of educational standards, but also a level of care and attention to students which I believe is unparalleled.
William, Year 7 parent
Your support is one of the reasons I love this school so much.
Natalie, Year 10 parent
Thank you very much for all the work and what you accomplished with our daughter this past year. We see excellent positive changes in her level of self-confidence but it is also a relief to know that she has somewhere safe to turn to should she require.
Katherine, Year 8 parent