A community of care

As a Christian foundation, collective worship is central to Sherborne’s life. The whole School meets twice a week in the Abbey – an historic place of worship in whose shadow we are lucky to live and work. These services provide a time to come together as a community and reflect prayerfully on all that we do, and all that we wish to be.

Thanks to our full-boarding ethos, boys are busy with a packed programme of activities, academic study, co-curricular pursuits and an active social life seven days a week.

In this busy setting, it is vital that we look after our boys. That is why we provide individualised pastoral care, through our tutor system, our Boarding Houses, and through the ministry and presence of our Chaplain.

Sherborne’s Boarding Houses are all located within easy reach of the School. Pupils treat them as a home from home. They become the focus of close relationships of reciprocity and mutual respect, with older boys setting a clear example of compassionate care for their younger contemporaries. Housemasters and their teams are a crucial point of contact for boys and their parents, providing continuity at an important moment in the boys’ lives.

In the classroom, boys have the space to explore their identities without distraction in a supportive single-sex environment. But thanks to our proximity to Sherborne Girls, they benefit from the chance to socialise and collaborate with girls – providing the ideal grounding for life beyond School.