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Pastoral Care

Strong pastoral care is central to the success of the school. Each boy has an individual tutor who is responsible for overseeing academic development and pastoral well-being. However, boys soon learn that there are many people they can talk to and the relative smallness of the school community ensures that issues are picked up and dealt with swiftly.

We believe in a clear framework of rules and conventions creating firm discipline in order to provide the children with strong guidance and direction as they grow up.  Within this framework we want them to be relaxed and at ease with other children, with the teaching staff and with other adults that they come across here.  It is our experience that such a clear framework enables a happy, stable and relatively free atmosphere to prevail.

The Headmaster appoints a Head Boy and a team of Prefects to help with the running of the School. Good manners are an important part of life at Maidwell and we have high expectations of the children in this regard.

We pride ourselves in the high quality of our catering arrangements. The whole school eats together at each meal with lunch operating as a formal occasion with the teaching staff taking the tables and boys seated in mixed age groups. Breakfast and supper are less formal and there is a wide choice of food available. We have three snacks between meals during the day and before bed. We have a strict nutritional policy with the emphasis on fresh and home-made produce and dishes; for example home-made yoghurt, soups, bread and cakes are provided on a daily basis. Fresh fruit is provided at all meals.