Telephones & Communicating

Mobile Phones.

NO PUPIL MAY HAVE A MOBILE PHONE AT SCHOOL UNLESS A PARENT AND PUPIL HAVE COMPLETED FORM ANNEX I AND RETURNED THIS TO US. WE RESERVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO REFUSE, OR WITHDRAW PERMISSION, FOR A PUPIL TO HAVE A MOBILE PHONE WHILST AT SCHOOL / COLLEGE.
Whilst over half young people these days have a mobile phone, their use on campus causes many troublesome and disciplinary problems. There are now restrictions and conditions relating to pupils' mobile phone usage. (Please see terms and conditions on Annex I). If your child already has a mobile phone, or you are going to get him or her one, you will be well advised to provide one that is "Pay as you go".
At boarding school pupils are forever sending "text messages" to one another even if their friend is within speaking distance! We have had instances of children using other children's phones. One parent not on "Pay as you go" was faced with a mobile phone bill running into hundreds of pounds as not only their child, but a pupils friend had used it heavily.

Reception is not perfect on campus for mobile phones and due to our thick walls some calls have to be made whilst outside in the open. Despite this, we are becoming increasingly concerned at mobile phones going off during lessons or text messages being sentlreceived surreptitiously during prep. Many parents have complained about their own children and telephone calls made during the night time from / to boarding children at school using mobile phones.
E-mail

There are on campus various e-mail centres. At these places pupils can send/receive and print out email. All students are assigned a school email address which they can use to send or receive ernail. We do not allow utilisation of Hotmail or the like as to "screen" this is impossible. If you need help and advice, as a parent, on how to send /receive email we will gladly help you.
Fax
Pupils can send / receive faxes via the main school office. There is a charge for this service. Video Conferencing
Video Conferencing

Our IT department can set up streaming on-line video conferencing via the Internet if you have a reciprocal arrangement.

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Mobile Phones. NO PUPIL MAY HAVE A MOBILE PHONE AT SCHOOL UNLESS A PARENT AND PUPIL HAVE COMPLETED FORM ANNEX I AND RETURNED THIS TO US. WE RESERVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO REFUSE, OR WITHDRAW PERMISSION, FOR A PUPIL TO HAVE A MOBILE PHONE WHILST AT SCHOOL / COLLEGE. Whilst over half young people these days have a mobile phone, their use on campus causes many troublesome and disciplinary problems. There are now restrictions and conditions relating to pupils' mobile phone usage. (Please see terms and conditions on Annex I). If your child already has a mobile phone, or you are going to get him or her one, you will be well advised to provide one that is "Pay as you go". At boarding school pupils are forever sending "text messages" to one another even if their friend is within speaking distance! We have had instances of children using other children's phones. One parent not on "Pay as you go" was faced with a mobile phone bill running into hundreds of pounds as not only their child, but a pupils friend had used it heavily. Reception is not perfect on campus for mobile phones and due to our thick walls some calls have to be made whilst outside in the open. Despite this, we are becoming increasingly concerned at mobile phones going off during lessons or text messages being sentlreceived surreptitiously during prep. Many parents have complained about their own children and telephone calls made during the night time from / to boarding children at school using mobile phones. E-mail There are on campus various e-mail centres. At these places pupils can send/receive and print out email. All students are assigned a school email address which they can use to send or receive ernail. We do not allow utilisation of Hotmail or the like as to "screen" this is impossible. If you need help and advice, as a parent, on how to send /receive email we will gladly help you. Fax Pupils can send / receive faxes via the main school office. There is a charge for this service. Video Conferencing Video Conferencing Our IT department can set up streaming on-line video conferencing via the Internet if you have a reciprocal arrangement.