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In close conjunction and cooperation with parents, Marlborough aims to provide an environment which will safeguard and promote the health, happiness and proper physical, intellectual, emotional, social and behavioural development of a child.
Boarding offers the chance to live and work and grow within a community. Whatever their individual strengths and weaknesses, pupils are equipped with the skills to live harmoniously within that community; they will become compassionate adults who will continue to learn and serve well beyond the boundaries of their formal education. |
Boarding provides a kaleidoscopic experience. It enables a busy a demanding day to centre around the security of houses, to which pupils return several times each day.
From houses, pupils attend morning lessons, then games and other activities in the afternoon. Three times a week pupils return to lessons in the early evening (4.45pm - 6.40pm) and on the remaining two weekdays they return to work in their houses, before a formal, house-based prep each evening at 7.30pm. Meals are taken centrally or in boarding houses.
The structure of the boarding week also enables a range of activities - societies, talks, drama, music, art, debating - to thrive. Weekends provide the space (after Saturday morning lessons) for inter-school sporting competition, social events, the coming together of the community through worship in the chapel, the opportunity for adventurous or cultural activities on Sundays, or simply the space for private relaxation, work and thought. |
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All pupils (excepting the small number of day pupils) are expected to fully board and the first weekend of each term is a "closed" one, allowing the whole school to come together for a service in chapel.
Thereafter, pupils may take "privs" (privilege weekends) to return home after their commitments on Saturday have been fulfilled and return to school after prep on Sunday.
There are, additionally, "fixed privs" when the whole school enjoys a weekend break! |