Pastoral Care

LINLEY PITTARD

Miss Linley Pittard is our female chaplain at Kingsway Christian College and has completed qualifications in Youth Work and Mental Health.

Linley brings years of experience to the College having served in various ministries including, mentor programmes, outreach chaplaincy ministry and education programmes. She believes that every person is unique and deserves the support, love and community to walk through life’s journey for a positive future.

Linley commits to loving and serving others like Jesus did and believes that everyone has a purpose and deserves grace and encouragement in a safe space. Linley is honoured to be a chaplain to Kingsway students.

Ashley Smith

Mr Ashley Smith is our male chaplain at Kingsway Christian College. Ashley brings years of experience working with young people, through various ministry roles, and has worked as a school chaplain for over 5 years.
Ashley is passionate about the health and well-being of all students, as well as staff and families. He is committed to serving others by building genuine connection and providing effective pastoral care to those who need it.
Ashley believes that God has a purpose for all people, no matter their background and upbringing, and that the role of school chaplain is vital in helping people discover His purpose.

Pastoral Care at Kingsway

Pastoral Care at Kingsway Christian College is an integral part of the learning journey. Our proactive approach in pastoral care is one that encourages students to build lifelong friendships, to learn integrity and to make wise choices. With our Christian faith at the core, the College provides students with a meaningful understanding of Christ. Students are supported by Form teachers and Heads of Students in Secondary and class teachers and Heads of Area in Primary and Early Learning. These caring teachers remain in contact with parents at all times to advise of any issues relating to student welfare. Through a ‘buddy’ system in the Primary years and a Peer mentoring system in the Secondary years, students are encouraged to care for each other and to look to older students for advice.

Since 2022 Kingsway has partnered with Masters & Co to provide an on-campus ‘pop-up’ clinic to make psychological services available to Kingsway students.

Masters Psychology provides psychological and assessment services to Kingsway students aimed at promoting psychological well-being across the full range of age and abilities. These services are planned in consultation with College staff, families and Masters & Co.

Each student at Kingsway has the option to access 4 unique consultations per year, free of charge, with a member of the M&Co. Psychology team (eg., A registered provisional psychologist) located in the Masters Pop-up Clinic on our campus, near the main reception.

Child Safety

Kingsway Christian College is committed to providing a child-safe environment which safeguards all students and promotes practices which provide for the safety, wellbeing and welfare of our children and young people.  The College expects all school community members including staff, volunteers, students, visitors and contractors to share this commitment. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making. In its planning, decision-making and operations Kingsway Christian College will:

• Take a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety;
• Value and empower children to participate in decisions which affect their lives;
• Foster a culture of openness that supports all persons to safely disclose risks of harm to children
• Respect diversity in cultures and child rearing practices while keeping child safety paramount;
• Provide written guidance on appropriate conduct and behaviour towards children;
• Engage only the most suitable people to work with children and have high quality staff and volunteer supervision and professional development;
• Ensure children know who to talk with if they are worried or are feeling unsafe, and that they are comfortable and encouraged to raise such issues;
• Report suspected abuse, neglect or mistreatment promptly to the appropriate authorities;
• Share information appropriately and lawfully with other organisations where the safety and wellbeing of children is at risk; and
• Value the input of, and communicate regularly with, families and carers.

Further information

Child Safe Handbook   Primary Complaints Secondary Complaints As part of Kingsway Christian College’s student wellbeing framework, the College uses Stymie an online tool that enables encrypted, anonymous reporting to authorised staff, who will respond accordingly. Students are encouraged to use Stymie to ask for help when they need support, or if they are seeing or experiencing harm.

Meet our Chaplains

Kingsway students learn integrity, to be authentic and to lead lives of purpose as modelled by Christ. Our two full-time College Chaplains are committed to providing a Christ-centred support system to all members of the College community. Our College Chaplains are commonly involved in:

• Year 6 Trip
• Lunch Programmes and Competitions
• Parent Prayer Meetings
• Additional camps, excursions, sports carnivals and events.

Parents, students and staff are welcome to confidentially talk to our Chaplains should they require guidance regarding any matters of concern or simply seeking impartial and sincere advice.