Boarding Principles

  • The development of the whole person and the communication of values are vital.
  • Being an open and trusting school, boarding is based upon mutual respect for all its members.
  • Each boarder has the right to be able to work, play and relax free from abuse, intimidation, harassment, teasing and bullying.
  • There is equality of opportunity and respect for all the boarders, regardless of ethnicity, culture, gender or disability.
  • Each boarder and each member of staff is to be treated as an individual, and with respect by other pupils and staff.
  • Although living together, staff and boarders acknowledge the right of each other to privacy.
  • Each boarder has the right to extend his or her intellectual growth in an atmosphere of positive encouragement and in conditions that are conducive to learning.
  • All boarders should be able to develop physically, spiritually, culturally, intellectually, emotionally, academically, morally and socially.
  • Despite the distance separating boarders from their families, links with parents are seen as an indispensable part of the support and development of boarders.