School: 01242 512217
Registrar: 01242 258001
dcpsoffice@deanclose.org.uk
www.deanclose.org.uk
Weekend activities For boarders, weekends are full of activities including ice skating, visits to the cinema and outings to local places of interest such as Drayton Manor Theme Park, @ Bristol, Gloucester Rugby Club or RAF Brize Norton. We are well served in this area of the country for places that also offer more physically challenging pursuits such as canoeing, sailing, hill walking or dry slope skiing. All houses have kitchen facilities, televisions with parentally controlled access to SKY, games consoles, games tables such as table tennis, pool or air hockey and a common room for relaxing with friends. The covered play area is floodlit and in the winter months provides outdoor play, such as football or roller blade hockey up until the bed bell. During the light evenings, under supervision, the boarders are able to take advantage of the large school grounds and the excellent facilities such as the cricket nets, and tennis courts.
Visits Parents of boarders will always receive a warm welcome to the school. There are a wide range of sports matches and concerts they may wish to attend, and the House Parents are always happy for them to take their children out whenever they are able to visit.
Day Boarding Day Boarding allows a child to enjoy the benefits of boarding without, in the first instance, becoming a full boarder. This is an excellent way for many families to begin to experience boarding life. It can be of enormous benefit for extremely busy families, and it often serves as a stepping stone to full time boarding. Day boarding works in the following way: • Children become members of either Fortfield (girls), Caldecote (boys) or Wilton (junior girls and boys) house
• They have their pastoral base in the boarding house • On arriving at school in the morning they will go to their boarding house to register • They are able to arrive for breakfast and stay for supper each night and leave school at an age- appropriate time, up to 8.30pm for Year 8 children
• They are able to stay overnight for up to two nights per week in Wilton, and three nights per week in Caldecote and Fortfield
The principles of boarding • To develop the whole person, a desire for truth, a respect for others and each person’s responsibility for him or herself, for others and for their environment
• To create an open, trusting Christian environment where each pupil feels able to approach any other member of the community, confident that he or she will be treated as an individual
• To enable boarders to develop their intellectual talents through well-structured work and preparation times, access to staff, participation in activities and an encouraging atmosphere
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