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Pastoral

The pastoral care of the Senior School is organised by Houses. Pupils are allocated to a House upon joining the school, and stay with that House as they move up through the year-groups. Many of a pupil’s first and firmest friendships will be forged within the House.

Each of the eight Houses is managed by a Housemaster, a senior member of staff who comes to know the pupils and their parents very well during their years of association with the House, and who brings wisdom and continuity to a pupil’s life at the School. If a serious problem arises, the Housemaster is often the first point of contact for parents: a familiar figure known for their compassion as well as their experience. The Housemasters are managed by the Principal Deputy Head, who is accountable to the Head Master for the day-to-day pastoral care and discipline of the school, as well as for much of the rest of the School’s non-academic activity.

The day-to-day care of the pupils is in the hands of the Tutors. Each year-group within a House is run by a Tutor; sixth-form groups, which are larger, have two Tutors. For example, the pupils in Repton House who are in the Lower Five year are together in one tutor-group, “Lower Five Repton”, looked after by one Tutor, who is managed by the Repton Housemaster. The Tutor sees everyone in the tutor-group daily, for registration, and weekly, for a longer tutor-period. The Tutor monitors the pupil’s academic progress, general welfare, extra-curricular involvement, and so on, and is the first point of contact for most matters of concern or enquiry.

In the first year of the Senior School, Lower Four, pupils are tutored in a Form, which is also their teaching set for most subjects.   This has the advantage that they spend lot of time together, and a good deal of time with their Tutor, who is usually one of their teachers. Lower Four pupils are also attached to a House, and join the rest of their House for special events like the Music Competition.

The pastoral team also includes the Senior Mistress, who manaages, among other things, issues relating to the integration of girls as we move towards full co-education; the Senior Master, responsible for Child Protection and many other details of policy and practice, the Head of Sixth Form; and the Senior Tutor, who manages the School Prefects and lots more besides.

The list of Houses can be seen in the menu on the left, and details of the current pastoral teams can be found by clicking each house name.