Pastoral care

Gone are the old public school clichés about cold dormitories, stiff upper lips and terrible food. Your children can expect the highest standards of pastoral care at today's independent schools, which aim to create a nurturing environment.  

Tell us about your experience of the pastoral care at independent schools by emailing editor@tom-brown.com

 

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Helping new starters feel at home

Helping new starters feel at home

  • Gail Dixon
  • Aug. 24, 2009
  • Rated: 4.0

The first day at a new school can be an exciting but nerve-racking time for many children… and their parents. Find out what pastoral care good independent schools offer to make everyone feel welcome …read more

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Is there a lack of male role models in primary school education?

Is there a lack of male role models in primary school education?

  • Dec. 11, 2009
  • Rated: 5.0

The reduction in the number of men working as primary school teachers is resulting in concerns over the lack of positive male role models in the classroom …read more

Dear agony aunt: how can we tell our kids ‘times are hard’? Rated: 5.0

How schools are fighting the obesity epidemic Rated: 5.0

Helping parents with empty nest syndrome by Virginia Ironside Rated: 4.5

Dear agony aunt: why do girls fall out? Rated: 4.0

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Is there a lack of male role models in primary school education?

Is there a lack of male role models in primary school education?

  • Dec. 11, 2009
  • Rated: 5.0

The reduction in the number of men working as primary school teachers is resulting in concerns over the lack of positive male role models in the classroom …read more

Dear agony aunt: how can we tell our kids ‘times are hard’?

Dear agony aunt: how can we tell our kids ‘times are hard’?

  • Sept. 1, 2009
  • Rated: 5.0

Dr Helen Wright, headteacher of St Mary’s, Calne, offers advice to a family that is having to adjust to the recession …read more

Helping new starters feel at home

Helping new starters feel at home

  • Gail Dixon
  • Aug. 24, 2009
  • Rated: 4.0

The first day at a new school can be an exciting but nerve-racking time for many children… and their parents. Find out what pastoral care good independent schools offer to make everyone feel welcome …read more

Dear agony aunt: why do girls fall out?

Dear agony aunt: why do girls fall out?

  • July 23, 2009
  • Rated: 4.0

Are you tearing your hair out over a problem? Why not email Dr Helen Wright, head of St Mary’s Calne and Tom-Brown.com’s new agony aunt? …read more

How schools are fighting the obesity epidemic

How schools are fighting the obesity epidemic

  • June 30, 2009
  • Rated: 5.0

Find out how independent schools help to keep children healthy and prevent them from piling on the pounds. Plus, discover the secrets of success behind a weight loss camp in the Lake District …read more

Helping parents with empty nest syndrome

Helping parents with empty nest syndrome

  • Virginia Ironside
  • June 30, 2009
  • Rated: 4.5

As teenagers across Britain prepare to go on gap years or leave for college, leading agony aunt Virginia Ironside offers advice on dealing with this challenging time …read more

School counsellors can offer a lifeline

School counsellors can offer a lifeline

  • Gail Dixon
  • Feb. 18, 2009
  • Rated: 2.0

Some of the UK's best independent schools offer the service of a counsellor - someone children can go to confidentially to discuss anything that's troubling them …read more

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