Abberley Hall Boarding

School Life

Boarding

	Although we do not take weekly boarders, our boarding system remains reasonably flexible. With approximately two-thirds of the pupils boarding, this is done to protect and maintain our boarding facility. In addition, we take a few part-time boarders (usually pupils who would like to board, but are not yet ready to full board). Parents of these boarders are asked to name either two or three days a week that they would like to board at the start of each term. There are usually a few vacancies in each year.
Boys board in the main school house under the care and supervision of the headmaster and his wife and the resident Housemaster and his wife, with the assistance of six resident matrons headed by the Senior Medical Matron. Girls spend their first year in the main school house under the direct supervision of the Headmaster and his wife: they normally move to Yate's House in their second year, where they are looked after by the resident Housemistress and her assistants.
The houses become very much a home to the children, who sleep, play and relax in their house. Main meals are taken as a group in the two school dining halls, the first two years in the smaller dining room and the top three years in the main dining room. Children are encouraged to maintain close links to home by letter, phone and email; parents are welcome to visit the school at any time. My life as a boarder - a pupil's story