Houses
The House system is at the core of virtually all College life outside the classroom. This arrangement provides all pupils with a context for personalised pastoral care. It is the base for academic monitoring. It ensures a comfortable social environment and a structure within which games and many activities can thrive. The House is the focus of loyalty for the members. It offers security and identity.
Parents’ first point of contact with the College on a day to day basis is the pupil’s Houseparent. This is the person who pulls together all the different threads and weaves a coherent picture from the many strands of a pupil’s varied existence at Bearwood College.
House parents are helped by their own team of House Tutors. The Tutor, who is an academic member of staff, assists in the general running of the House but is also in specific charge of a small group of tutees. Tutees meet with their own Tutors at least once a week. This may be for a personal chat about their progress or a group tutorial.
The House team is responsible for both encouraging and motivating those in their House to achieve their potential. All the Houses are supported by a skilled and dedicated group of ancillary staff, the most important of whom are the Chaplain, the Medical Staff and the Matrons.
The Matrons are mainly responsible for the domestic arrangements but are also an important informal adult presence who may seem less official to those in need of a sympathetic ear.