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Communication - the
human connection - is
the key to success.
COMMUNICATION
Visiting School
During a normal working day all visitors, including parents,
should report to the School Reception, situated in Park
Lodge at the entrance to the School, where visitors will be
requested to sign in upon arrival, and sign out when
leaving. Visitors must wear a visitors’ badge. Visitors will be
directed to the appropriate offices, or asked to wait in the
reception area until the member of staff has been notified
of the visitor’s arrival. Visitors wishing to meet individual
members of staff are requested to make appointments
beforehand.
Parents contacting boys/Boys contacting parents/Use
of Mobile Phones
It is not possible for us to bring individual boys to speak to
their parents on the telephone. Boys in the Lower School
are not allowed to use mobile telephones during school
hours. Boys in the Middle and Upper Schools may use
mobile telephones at break, during the lunch hour and after
school, but not between lessons, during lessons, during
supervised activity or private study, or at any formal school
occasion. They must not be used to send offensive
messages nor to access inappropriate websites. The
unsolicited taking of photographs or videos, by such
equipment, is strictly prohibited. Otherwise they must not
be used in a way that inconveniences others. The school
telephone number must not be used as a means of
sending messages to boys, except in cases of emergency.
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Boys contacting staff:
Boys wishing to contact members of staff will usually
find it easiest to do so by email or enquiring for them at
the Common Room or calling at their individual offices.
Boys who wish to see a senior member of staff will
usually find it most convenient to ask their Tutor or
Housemaster to make an appointment for them. They
may however, if they wish, ask the Common Room
Secretary for an urgent appointment - and the
Headmaster may always be approached directly by any
boy who needs to speak to him.