Principles and Practices

Boarding Statement of Principles – NMS 1

Steyning Grammar School offers full and weekly boarding opportunities for families who want peace of mind in securing their children’s education in a safe, rural environment. The boarding experience contributes to the development of positive, independent and fully engaged citizens of our global community, equipped with the character to flourish in their future.

As SGS we

‘Live life in all its fullness and flourish as God intended’

John 10:10

When we flourish we…

Aims of the Boarding Community

• To create a community that ensures the safety, safeguarding and welfare of its pupils in an environment where they can Enjoy, Respect and Achieve.
• To provide an environment in which pupils can develop their intellectual academic, sporting and creative potential through well structured routines, access to staff and other pupils in an atmosphere which values effort.
• To provide a range of activities related to age and maturity that will assist in the personal, social, moral, spiritual and cultural development of each pupil.
• To provide accommodation that is comfortable and suitable to the needs of boarders according to their age and which provides appropriate levels of privacy.
• To provide an atmosphere that allows pupils to develop an acceptance of others and to celebrate diversity in all of its forms.
• To develop each boarder’s responsibility for self, for others and for their environment.
• To develop pupils’ qualities of leadership and their ability to work as a team.
• To develop close links with parents in the support of pupils’ development within school.
• To provide ample opportunity for pupils to talk to staff about their day to day concerns.

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