Tower House

Information For Parents

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tower House

Dean Close School

Shelburne Road

Cheltenham

Glos

GL51 6HE

 

Tel : 01242 258008

 

www.toweronline.co.uk

 

Statement of Boarding Principles and Practice

 

“It is our aim to provide a full and balanced life in the caring, family, atmosphere of a Christian Co-educational school; to enable young people to develop relationships and fulfil their potentials as individuals in a secure and happy environment and thereby learn to play their full part in society as a whole”

 

With this is in mind it is important to build a three-way relationship between you, your son and the House Parents. Please feel free to contact the House Parents  at any time, particularly if you have a concern about your son. He may tell you things he does not tell us and vice versa. If you get a worrying letter or phone call from your son, please let us know so we can help.

 

 

 

Contact Details

 

Nick and Vicky Stokes :

          Tower :                  01242 258008

                    Mobile :                 07799 670465

                    E-mail :                  Nickstokes@yahoo.com

 

 

 

Boys are allowed to have mobile phones in school, but these are strictly for use during their free time and in a private place. They must be switched off during prep, assemblies and after lights out. The telephone number and the make and model of the phone must be registered with the Housemaster. These phones are their responsibility.

 

The boys should not receive or make calls during the following prep times :

 

          Monday to Fridays           7.30 – 9.00pm

 

 

Resident Tutors :

 

Mr Ben Price : 07779790188

 

Matron  - Mrs Sheila Charania

 

DUTY OFFICE PHONE : 01242 258000 ext 245

                             

House Tutors.

 

The Housemaster will be your first point of contact with all matters concerning your son. However, Fourth, Remove and Fifth are allocated tutors who will look after their welfare. The Tutors are contactable through the house.

 

4th Form Tutor –    Mr B. Price

          Remove Tutor –     Mr Garner

          5th Form Tutor -     Mr J. Allen (Academic), TBA (Pastoral)

                                       

         

The Sixth Form choose their Tutors in the first weeks of the Lower Sixth.

 

House Prefects

 

The Heads of House and House Prefects will have a variety of roles to help run the House smoothly. They are also another point of contact for your son if they have any problems.

 

Head of House -               Will Kelly

          Deputy Head of House -   Josh McColl (School Prefect)

                                                  Charlie Tupper (Head of Sport)

         

          House Prefects                 John Harris (School Prefect)

                                                  Carter Zhou (School Prefect)

                                                  Wei-Lin Lu

Henry Harding

                                                  Chris Hill

                                                  Charlie McNeill-Love

                                                  Tom Sword

                                                  Oli Phillips

                                                  Christian Davies

                                                 

Heads of Year

 

Each year group will have a leader voted in by the group at the end of each term.

 

Rules and Regulations

 

Each Tower member will be issued with the Rules and Regulations of the House on arrival. It is their responsibility to ensure it is read, to ensure a smooth passage through each term.

 

 

 

Important Notes

 

 

Calendars

 

Calendars are sent out in the Start of year and end of term mailings. Please make particular note of parents meetings. These are usually held only once a year for each year group and are preceded by a reception in the House.

 

Exeats, Half Terms and Holidays

 

Please make arrangements, especially if flights are involved, well in advance for your son to leave school on the dates shown in the calendar. The school is unable to accommodate any pupils during the holiday periods. Please let the Housemaster know your son’s holiday arrangements at least two weeks in advance of each break.

 

Leave Out

 

Before the boys can go on “leave out”, the Housemaster must have parents permission. If the leave out is with family, then a telephone call is sufficient but please ring at least two days before so that arrangements can be made in advance.

 

If the leave out is to another family, then they must give permission in writing.

 

After leave out, please ensure your son is back by 9.30pm on the Sunday evening. If there are any delays please let the Housemaster know.

 

Guardian

 

If you do not reside in the UK, a Guardian MUST be nominated who will take responsibility for your son during the breaks if he is unable to go home or if he should fall ill for any length of time (The school has first class medical cover and will always provide short-term care).

 

Security and Valuables

 

Community living dictates that sensible security measures should be applied. We recommend that you note details of all valuable items and insure the items where appropriate. A lockable tuckbox is essential and all possessions must be clearly marked. Spare padlock keys can be lodged with the Housemaster (it is not advisable to use coded padlocks)

 

Passports and Aeroplane tickets should be lodged with the Housemaster for safekeeping.

 

House Bank

 

We strongly recommend that your son uses the House Bank and/or has a bank account in Cheltenham. School rules (and common sense) state that no more than £5 should be kept by the scholar overnight.

 

Money for the bank can be in cash or cheques (made out to Tower House Pocket Money).

 

Laundry

 

Once a week (Tuesday night), clothes are collected from the Boarding House for washing in the school laundry. The clothes are then returned to the house within two days. All clothes must be colourfast and suitable for machine washing and drying. It is essential that all clothes have nametapes sewn onto them. Please send any spare labels in to Matron. Unnamed clothing put into the laundry system will incur a fine.

 

Motor Vehicles

 

Boarders are not allowed to keep their cars in school except under exceptional circumstances and only then with permission from the Second Master. Car keys will be kept by the Housemaster.

 

Lifts in cars driven by other scholars are NOT allowed unless written permission has been given by you in a letter, fax or e-mail to the Housemaster or Second Master.

 

Medical

 

A school Doctor has an early morning Surgery each day and there is a Registered Nurse on duty in school throughout the day. The Health Centre is situated on the school site with beds should it be necessary for your son to receive special care either during the day or night. Tower matron and the House Parents also keep and eye on health concerns and are First Aid trained.

 

We hope your son’s stay in Tower House will be successful, enjoyable and memorable. We look forward seeing you in September.

 

Nick and Vicky Stokes