UK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
the school helps new boarders to settle in. “We acknowledge how important the first few days can be in helping a child feel at home and our induction programme is designed specifically to ensure the transition to their new environment is as smooth as possible.
“It therefore seeks to be fun, whilst providing opportunities to bond with peers and gather information to ensure that the pupil’s start to life at the school is a genuinely positive one.”
Many schools also pair students up with ‘buddies’ – current boarders – who help them to find their feet in the first weeks and months. Vinehall School is one such school. “All new boarders have a boarding guardian who shadows them for at least two weeks or until they are confident about what they are doing,” explains Ms Coles. “The guardian has a list of important things they need to teach the new child and all boarding school staff spend time with new children getting to know them so that they are happy to come to us if they have any problems.”
BOARDING HOUSES
It is within the schools’ boarding houses that students really get the chance to integrate with other students and make friends while spending time away from family. But not all boarding houses are the same, and it is worth checking how your chosen school organises and structures the way in which students live, study and spend their extracurricular time together.
Sevenoaks School, in Kent, a coeducational day
and boarding school for students aged 11–18, was rated ‘exceptional’ in its latest inspection report and recently won the accolade of Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of the Year. With a 600-year history and around 1,080 pupils, including international students from 40 countries around the world, the school has a total of 350 boarders, the vast majority of whom are sixth-formers.
“Sevenoaks School has seven boarding houses, two of which – the International Centre and the Girls’ International House (GIH) – are dedicated specifically to sixth-form IB
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