Thank you for taking on the significant role of Education Guardian.
In consideration of this appointment:
Education Guardians must:
- Education Guardians are required to provide a postal address, an email address and a telephone number for contact at any time. These details will appear on school internal mailing lists, after the parents/carers’ addresses and contact details. These lists will not be distributed outside school.
- Education Guardians must be capable of responding quickly to urgent situations that arise at school i.e., they must be contactable by telephone and/or email and be able to travel to Sevenoaks School within a reasonable time frame.
- Education Guardians must be introduced to the boarder’s Housemaster/ Housemistress, (usually referred to as the BHM), within the first half term. Education Guardians are welcome to visit at other times, just as a parent/carer would.
- If education guardianship arrangements change at any time during the boarder’s time at Sevenoaks, the new Education Guardian must arrange to contact the BHM within the first half term.
- Boarding houses close on the last teaching day before half terms and end of terms. A full list of key dates can be found here. If a flight arrives or departs outside the stated boarding house opening times, or if for any reason travel services are restricted or cancelled, then the Education Guardian will be asked to collect the boarder and look after them until either the flight departs, or the boarding house reopens.
- In the event of disciplinary action by the school that results in suspension or expulsion and if the parents/carers are not available, then the Education Guardian will be required to take the boarder away from school and look after them.
- In the event of epidemic illness/school closure, if a parent/carer is not available, then the Education Guardian will be required to take the boarder away from school and look after them.
Education Guardians must continue to look after a boarder who falls ill while under their care, returning them to school once they have recovered. Education Guardians may:
- Guardians may represent parents at online parents/carers’ meetings, but parents should inform the school in advance if this is the case.
- Guardians may attend school functions such as Founder’s Day on parents/carers’ behalf.
