Going out and welcoming visitors to the House

Going out After lessons you are allowed to go to Budgens. You must sign in and out and you must be back in House by 6.00pm, ready for supper at 6.10pm. You must either be in full uniform or in smart casual clothes (check the dress code for more details on this). You should never be ‘partly’ in uniform, by mixing it with your casual clothes.

L5 and M5 are allowed into town on Saturday afternoons after either match commitments or Saturday Sport, and on Sundays when other commitments allow.

U5 and L6 can go into town after lessons. Again, you must be back in House by 6.10pm. Going outside Sherborne M5 upwards may go to Yeovil at the weekend but permission must be sought from the Housemistressor the member of staff on duty. A taxi must be ordered by the person on duty and you must be in a group of at least three (L6 can go in pairs).

L6 can go to Bath, Salisbury or Bristol but this must be organised with the Housemistress.

If it is your birthday or a special occasion, your parents may take you out for supper. However, unless this is a weekend, you may not invite any friends. This is because going out midweek is disruptive to prep routines. This is a School rule (not just a House rule). If you would like to celebrate your birthday with friends, it is best to wait until Saturday evening or Sunday lunch.

L6 can go out to a restaurant for supper on Saturday or lunch on Sunday in groups of no more than six. This also needs to be arranged in advance with the Housemistress.

Please be aware that even if you do not have a match on a Saturday and you are in L5 or M5, you still have a commitment to Saturday Sport and so you are not available to meet with parents until after this time.

Your behaviour and dress when out and about must be exemplary, as you are representing the School. Please create a good impression. The School boundaries are published on the House noticeboards: you must be aware of where you are and are not allowed to go. Exeats/weekends out There are usually two exeats every term. These start at 1.00pm on a Friday. You may not leave School before this time.

The School train to Waterloo normally leaves at 1.35pm and arrives at Waterloo at 3.47pm. It usually leaves Waterloo at 5.15pm on a Sunday afternoon to come back. It is escorted and you will be given the phone number and name of the member of staff on the train before you leave. All girls need to leave promptly for exeat, after which time Kenelm will be locked up. It will not reopen again until 6.00pm on the Sunday evening, so please do not return before this time as you will not be able to get in. However, if you do need to arrive back to School earlier than 6.00pm, a selected House will be open and a Matron will be on duty there. All girls must return by 9.00pm after an exeat weekend.

Requests to go out on a nonexeat weekend will usually be granted by special permission of the HM but your parents need to email by Thursday lunchtime. This is because socials lists and numbers for catering are finalised on a Thursday. Abbey Services are compulsory, though, so if you choose to go home on the weekend of an Abbey Service, you must be back for that. The dates for Abbey Services are clearly listed in the online calendar.

Queenie’s Café and The Coffee Pod The Coffee Pod is a café in the reception area of the Oxley Sports Centre, which you may also use after school and at weekends. There is also a café in the Upper Foyer of The Merritt Centre, called Queenie’s Café, which is open after lunch and after school. These are good places to meet up with your friends. Visitors Girls from other Houses and boys from Sherborne School are very welcome to visit us here in the House. There is a visitor signing-in book that everyone must sign. Please let the member of staff on duty know that a visitor has arrived. It is very important that they are introduced to the member of staff on duty. Boys are not allowed upstairs. You must stay in the dining room, drawing room or common room.

Family members are always welcome to the House but nobody is allowed upstairs, including parents (unless it is the start or end of term). If you have friends from outside the School visiting, please let the duty member of staff know when they arrive and introduce them.