Security and Visitors
You will all be issued with your own Identity Cards. These will allow you access to certain parts of the school including the boarding house. Should you lose your card please inform your Housemaster immediately. During the school day, all visitors must register at the main reception. They will be issued with a pass and asked to read the Child Protection/Safeguarding notice. Visitors who gain access to the boarding houses without a card will be asked to leave the premises immediately.
Access can only be gained to the boarding house via the two main doors in the link. These doors are both accessed through security cards which all members of the boarding community are issued. Overnight these doors are alarmed for your safety. Please look through the spyhole in the white door in the link before opening it to ensure it is safe to do so. The ground floor of the link building and the main stairwells have CCTV monitoring equipment. Under no circumstances should this be tampered with in any way. Any such tampering will be seen as a serious disciplinary matter and could result in you being asked to leave the College. If your room is on the ground floor you should not leave your window open if you are not in the room and it should be closed when you are sleeping. You should not allow anybody to enter the Boarding House whom you do not know. If you are in any doubt you should consult with the duty member of staff. Guests are only allowed in the boarding house with consent from the Housemaster and under no circumstances are guests allowed anywhere other than the ground floor communal rooms. If you see anything or anybody suspicious inside or outside the boarding house, you should report this immediately to the duty member of staff or security. Duties Every boy is expected to perform duties which involves tidying up the kitchen, TV room and Day Room on the ground floor shortly before bedtime. Similar duties are set up regarding kitchens on each floor. A roster is put up on the notice board at the beginning of the year. It is wise for everyone to keep the place tidy so as to minimise the amount of work a person on duty has to do. Please make sure you do not miss your duty; should you be unable to perform one, arrange a replacement. As a member of the Upper School, you will also be asked to do duties outside of the House such as duties at Parents’ Evenings or showing prospective students around the College and the House. Pocket Money Boarders are encouraged to open a bank account; the closest bank is a HSBC branch. Occasionally (for instance in an emergency), the Housemaster may disburse pocket money which is then recorded on the next College bill with permission from your parents. At no time should a boarder keep large amounts of cash in his room or take them to school. The Housemaster has safe facilities for such amounts.
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