Boarding

 

 

The school is able to offer boarding for up to ten children per night from Monday to Thursday during term time. This facility is open to children from Year 3 upwards. The dormitories are located within the main school building above the Headmaster's private accommodation. Parents can choose either flexi-boarding or an overnight stay.

• Flexi-boarding - The same night or nights booked on a regular basis

• Overnight option - Any number of nights booked on an ad-hoc basis

Mrs Tilley, Head of Boarding, is responsible for all bookings and care of the children after school hours.  From 2100 - 0700, the care of the children is the responsibility of the Headmaster's wife, Mrs Graham. Supper and breakfast are eaten in the dining room around a family table and are prepared by one of our chefs from Hallmark Catering.

This provides an excellent opportunity for your child to experience staying away from home in a safe and familiar environment and to prepare them for school residential trips.

Themed nights and outings offered over the past year include a Halloween and bonfire party, theatre and film trips, Lazer Quest, Top Golf, film night, ten pin bowling, pizza making and 'Girls Only' nights.

Popular evening activities include spotlight, twenty-twenty, football, cricket nets, hide and seek, shooting, dog walking, snooker, golf, board games, table tennis and Marco Polo (swimming pool).

Boarding at Hall Grove has many benefits:

• Supervised homework periods
• Scheduled time for music practice
• Evening use of thirty five acres of landscaped parkland
• Hot cooked breakfast
• Staying with friends
• No journey time or commute
• Supervised activities making use of :

Six hole golf course
Heated outdoor swimming pool 
Sports Hall 
ICT Suite
Floodlit all-weather courts (tennis and netball).

The Boarding House also offer a Breakfast Club where children can be dropped off at school from 0730 to join the boarders in the dining room for a hot cooked breakfast, followed by supervised time in the Library until the start of the school day.

Children who stay late can be booked in for Supper with the boarders at 1830, followed by an outdoor/indoor activity and supervised prep in the ICT suite or Library.