What to Know About Boarding

The boarding community at Farringtons School aims to provide and nurture a caring, stimulating, Christian, family environment that is secure and safe and where students’ relationships with their peers and members of staff are open, positive and long-lasting.

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What are the room types and facilities at Wyvern House?

Boarders live in Wyvern House with boys and girls in Years 9 to Year 13. Boys and girls reside in dedicated spaces, with separate bedrooms, bathrooms, and shower facilities, while sharing dynamic communal areas like the common room and kitchen. Wyvern House provides a cosy, home-like environment, offering a mix of double, triple and quad rooms. All rooms are equipped with desks, lamps, ample storage space and modern wardrobes.

The house features excellent facilities, including a games room, a common room, a dedicated study area, snug, laundry room and a modern kitchen where students can prepare light snacks and hot drinks after school.

How do STUDENTS spend their evenings?

In the evenings, Wyvern House becomes a hub of activity, with staff making popcorn and hot chocolate for the students to enjoy while they discuss their day. Our spacious and comfortable common room serves as a versatile space for various activities, such as yoga sessions, pamper nights, manicures, game nights, birthday parties and film screenings. We also organise karaoke nights, cooking competitions and other engaging events alongside their studies. Boarding activities extend to the gym, basketball, tennis courts, swimming pool and barbecues, fostering a sense of family and fun within the boarding community.

How does the staff support STUDENTS wellbeing?

The dedicated team of staff in Wyvern House reside in their own apartments on the same corridors as the students, providing round-the-clock support. They share a genuine passion for their work, actively engaging with the students by assisting with homework, organising activities, dining with them, and being available for chats and assistance whenever needed.

Together, they strive to create an extended family atmosphere where boarders feel at home and cherished. Their unwavering dedication ensures that each students boarding experience is not only joyful but also memorable.

Wyvern House Common Room — Wyvern House common room

BOARDING PRINCIPLES

Provide a caring Christian home for all boarders, regardless of race, age, gender or belief
Encourage boarders to support one another and learn to live together as a community, developing skills of responsibility and reliability
Encourage honesty, trust and respect between staff and boarders
Educate boys and girls together in the same community, to give them the capacity to relate to and understand the other sex on equal terms
Foster the development of confidence, courtesy and compassion
Encourage learning and growth so that each individual reaches his or her full potential, developing their personality and self-esteem
Encourage friendships both within a peer group and across a range of age groups
Promote teamwork and develop community spirit
Provide a broad education, offering academic, cultural, social, creative and sporting opportunities
Foster co-operation and collaboration between parents, staff, guardians and pupils
Develop an appreciation of, and sensitivity to, the needs, dignity and rights of others, as well as moral and aesthetic awareness
Balance freedom with responsibility and promote a culture of self-discipline

“The best thing about boarding is having people around you all the time. There is always someone to play football and basketball with and games such as Uno and Jenga and of course compete with on the Play Station! Lessons work differently from my school in Kenya and the teachers interact with us much more with a lot of one-to-one support.” Year 9 pupil