Parents' Handbook 2020/21

House and Tutor Groups Lower School Dayboys entering the Lower School (First and Second Years) are allocated to a tutor group, looked after by a Tutor who is responsible for their general wellbeing, and who deals in the first instance with problems connected with work, attendance or discipline. The Lower School comes under the general supervision of the Lower School Housemaster. Middle School On entering the Middle School (Third, Fourth and Fifth Years), whether as a new boy or from the Lower School, each boy is allotted to a House; allocations to the nine Houses are made by the Middle Master, Lower School Housemaster and Director of Admissions & Marketing. Brothers usually join the same House. There is no separate scholars’ house. Boys transferring to another House, for example in order to board will, in normal circumstances, transfer to the new House tutor group. Upper School New boys entering the Upper School will be allotted to a House; the Director of Admissions & Marketing in consultation with the Upper Master, boarding Housemasters and other staff concerned makes allocations to the Houses, taking account of preferences expressed by parents and boys. Allocations Allocations to Houses must be at the School’s discretion. It may be necessary from time to time to rearrange House allocations in the interests of administrative convenience or for social reasons. The House A boy usually remains a member of his House throughout his time in the Middle and Upper School, and during that period the Housemaster exercises a general responsibility for his wellbeing and development. In particular, the Housemaster and Tutor will want to get to know the parents of the boys in his/her House, and to ensure that there is a harmonious relationship between them and the School. The Tutor is in a position to deal with the majority of parental enquiries and worries, at least in the first instance, and it is hoped that parents will quickly come to regard their son’s Tutor as someone with whom they have a close and confidential relationship. Housemasters and Tutors comment on boys’ reports during the term, write general reports from time to time, and write references for boys leaving at the end of their GCSE year. Pastoral 10