Parents
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COMMUNICATION
Form Teachers/Tutors. The first person to contact on most matters relating to your child’s welfare should be the Form Teacher in both the Pre-Prep and Junior School Departments, and the Form Tutor in the Senior School. If you require longer than a few minutes, then please make an appointment with them.
The best times to catch staff are:
In person immediately prior to Registration in the mornings
By telephone (tel. 01844 238237) during morning break:
10.50 - 11.15am Pre-Prep, Junior & Senior School staff
By telephone (tel. 01844 238237) during the post-lunch break:
12.30 - 1.15pm Pre-Prep Department staff
1.40 - 2.00 pm Junior & Senior School staff
In person at normal school collection times
Urgent Matters. Please contact the School Office (tel. 01844 238237) at any time.
General Matters. Mrs Costar and Mrs Murray in the School Reception Office and Mrs Floy in the Finance Office are happy to try to answer any questions you may have, or to pass messages on to staff.
Other Matters. If matters are unresolved, or you need more help please contact either The Headmaster, or other staff directly as follows:
Mr D Venn - serious matters of discipline
Mrs G Venn - Pre-Prep Department issues
Mr A Downie - Junior School issues
Mr & Mrs A Bentley - boarding
Mr A Williams - music lessons
Matron - health, medication, lost property
Mrs T Tasker - uniform shop
PARENTS’ MEETINGS
Formal opportunities to meet staff to discuss children’s work are provided twice a year for all parents and three times a year for parents of children in forms Transition, I, II and III. Dates are published in the Fasti.
For Tutors’ Evenings formal appointments are made for one to one meetings with Form Teachers/Tutors.
At Parents’ Meetings parents have the chance to meet all those staff who teach their children, generally in the sports hall over a glass of wine.
At Parents’ Open Evenings Senior School parents have the opportunity of visiting Heads of Department to discuss their children’s subject work in detail.
Childrens' work comes home at the end of each term and is available for discussion with teachers at Tutors’ Evenings in the Pre-Prep and Junior School and at Parents’ Open Evenings in the Senior School.
Should parents wish to meet a teacher at another time to discuss their child’s work, it is helpful to give staff, particularly Tutors, a little notice.