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The Childrens Act In March 2002 the Secretary of State for Health published the National Minimum Standard for Boarding Schools under sections 23 (i) of the Care Standard Act 2000. This removed the welfare inspection of boarding schools from Social Services and gave it to the Care Standards Commission. This builds upon the good work carried out by the Children’s Act 1991 and provides a unified national standard, rather than individual sets of county standards. Various pastoral obligations are laid upon the school, which will, from time to time be inspected by the Care Standards Commission. Inspection will be concerned in general terms with the principles on which school life is based and with such specific issues as the procedures whereby pupils may raise matters of concern to them and the healthiness in all senses of the boarding environment.
The School community will from time to time, include pupils from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, of races and religions, and the School respects and welcomes this diversity. Equal opportunities are available to all girls and boys. In order to preserve the maximum freedom for everybody in the community, it is vital that you should at all times show sensitivity and consideration to others. School rules are intended to contribute to that end. All members of Staff (academic,in the House, the Chaplain, the School Doctors and the School Hospital Staff) are available to you for counsel and advice. You should approach whichever adult you feel you can talk to. We also have an independent listener who is not employed by the school, but who can also be contacted should you wish. It is the School’s duty to publish the telephone number(s) of one or more appropriate helpline or outside contacts to ring in case of problems or distress. |
