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Who
will
I
be
living
with?
House
staff
Living
with
you
in
the
house
will
be
several
members
of
staff.
Each
Housemaster
and
their
family
live
in
one
section
of
the
house.
There
are
resident
Tutors
who
also
live
in
the
house
and
other
Tutors
who
live
on
the
School
site
and
do
evening
duty
in
each
house.
Housemaster
A
Housemaster
runs
the
boarding
house.
They
are
responsible
for
making
sure
that
you
are
happy
and
successful
while
at
Abingdon.
They
are
also
responsible
for
discipline
in
the
house.
They
will
work
with
you
to
sort
out
your
evening
and
weekend
activities.
They
are
in
charge
of
all
of
the
house
staff.
If
you
have
any
problems
your
Housemaster
is
there
to
help
you
sort
them
out.
Tutors
Each
house
has
a
number
of
Tutors.
These
are
teachers
who
help
the
Housemaster
run
the
house.
They
help
supervise
the
house
in
the
evening
and
at
weekends.
You
will
be
in
a
Tutor
group
that
will
be
made
up
of
some
dayboys
and
some
boarders.
Your
Tutor
is
responsible
for
making
sure
you
and
the
other
boys
in
your
Tutor
group
are
happy
and
successful
at
school.
Your
Tutor
will
work
with
your
Housemaster
to
look
after
you.
Your
Tutor
will
be
there
to
help
you
sort
out
any
difficulties
you
have.
You
should
make
sure
you
work
hard
to
develop
a
positive
relationship
with
your
Tutor.
You
will
also
meet
your
Tutor
for
registration
every
morning.
On
a
Wednesday
you
will
have
a
lesson
with
your
Tutor
and
Tutor
group,
which
will
be
aimed
at
giving
you
support,
making
you
think
about
things
outside
school,
and
helping
you
establish
friendships
with
the
other
pupils.
House
Matron
One
of
the
most
important
people
in
your
life
in
the
boarding
house
will
be
the
house
matron.
The
matron
is
responsible
for
running
the
team
of
cleaners.
She
also
makes
sure
that
your
clothes
and
bed
linen
are
washed
regularly.
Most
importantly
she
is
someone
you
can
go
to
for
help
if
you
need
help.
She
will
be
happy
to
talk
with
you,
to
help
sort
out
any
medical
problems
you
have,
mend
your
clothes
and
many
other
things.
It
is
really
important
that
you
are
friendly
and
polite
to
the
matron
so
make
sure
you
always
say
hello
and
ask
how
her
day
has
been
and
say
please
and
thank
you
when
you
ask
for
help.
Support
Staff
Running
a
school
and
a
boarding
house
is
a
difficult
job.
As
a
result
there
are
lots
of
support
staff
who
are
not
teachers
at
the
School
but
who
help
us.
These
include
the
cleaners
and
the
maintenance
team
who
you
will
meet
occasionally
and
who
help
keep
your
boarding
house
and
the
school
running
smoothly.
Other
pupils
Each
house
has
a
great
community
of
pupils
who
are
all
here
to
develop
their
academic
understanding
but
also
their
broader
social
skills
and
to
educate
themselves
in
the
broadest
sense.
They
all
have
their
own
interests
and
work
hard
to
pursue
them
and
make
the
most
of
the
opportunities
offered
by
the
school.
Boarders
come
from
all
over
the
world
and
they
get
to
know
each
other
really
well
very
quickly.
Although
there
are
times
when
they
disagree
they
learn
to
compromise
and
work
out
their
differences.
A
key
element
in
the
relationships
between
the
pupils
is
that
they
are
all
thoughtful
about
each
other
and
kind
and
considerate
when
dealing
with
other
pupils
and
also
other
people’s
possessions.
The
house
prefects
are
some
of
the
leaders
in
the
house
and
they
have
learnt
to
get
the
best
from
life
as
a
boarder.
Prefects
are
senior
boys
who
have
shown
that
they
are
capable
of
handling
responsibility,
have
good
leadership
potential
and
are
able
to
set
an
example
for
others.
They
are
there
to
help
you
and
the
other
younger
boys
during
your
time
at
Abingdon.
Most
boys
at
Abingdon
School
are
dayboys.
This
means
that
they
arrive
at
school
in
time
for
8.35am
and
leave
at
5.00pm
every
day.
There
are
nine
houses
in
the
school
but
only
three
of
them
are
boarding
houses
where
boarders
live.
All
three
of
the
boarding
houses
have
dayboys
as
well
as
boarders
in
them.
There
are
parts
of
each
boarding
house
that
day
boys
can
access
and
other
parts
that
they
can’t.
Boarders
and
day
boys
share
classes
and
Tutor
groups
so
they
are
quick
to
get
to
know
each
other
and
to
make
friends.
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