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Registration, Coming and Going for Boarders
The housemaster and the house staff have a duty to know
the whereabouts, and ensure the safety, of the boarders at
all times during the term.
The following rules are therefore applied:
Weekday registration in House:
8.25am each day:
Registration in House
During the school day all students, day and boarding, are
registered in their Tutor Periods and in Period 7.
5.00pm each day:
Registration in House
7.00pm each day:
Registration in House
A register is also taken at “lights out”
Weekend registration:
Saturday:
Registration at 9.30am, 1.00pm and 7.00pm
Sunday:
Registration at 12.30pm and 7.00pm
A register is also taken at “lights out”
Boys must ask and receive permission from the
housemaster in person for leave of absence from school.
Boarding housemasters can approve a boy missing a single
day of school. Any longer periods of absence need to be
approved by the Second Master.
Signingout and signingguests in
Any time a boarder wants to go off-site in the evenings or at
the weekend they need to sign out in person with the Duty
Tutor. If the duty tutor cannot be located, he or she will be
contactable on the duty phone. Boys are required to inform
the member of staff on duty as soon as they return to
the house.
Boys can invite other pupils into their house as guests but
must ask permission from the duty staff member and sign
the guests in and out. Guests should be accompanied at
all times by the friend signing them in, and only visit the
common areas of the house. Any guests from outside the
school will require the housemaster’s permission to come in
to the house.
All adults, including parents and guardians, are asked to
contact the housemaster in advance if they intend to visit the
house. If you are not able to get through to the housemaster,
please contact the member of staff on duty via the mobile.
In or out at weekends?
Parents register their sons as either full or weekly boarders at
Abingdon. Should a change of status be required, parents
should inform the Admissions Registrar by e-mail.
Weekly boarders may go home on Friday when their school
commitments are complete and should return to the house
either on Sunday evening by 9.00pm or on Monday morning
by 8.25 am for boarding registration.
Boys may choose to stay in school on Friday evening and
Saturday morning as they may have matches on Saturdays.
Weekly boarders may only stay on Saturday evenings in
special circumstances and with the housemaster’s
permission. Parents must contact housemasters via email to
confirm this is happening or else duty of care automatically
transfers to parents at 5.00pm on Friday.
Weekend leave for full boarders
Full boarders wishing to go away for the weekend or weekly
boarders wishing to spend the weekend in the boarding
house must get the permission of the housemaster in
person. The housemaster will require written authorisation
from the boy’s parents and the responsible adult who will be
hosting him. Alternatively, the parent of the boy taking leave
can specify in their written correspondence that they have
spoken to the adult host and confirm that the host is aware of
all arrangements. This correspondence should be received
by Thursday 9pm.
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