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Pastoral Care

BOARDING

Most students at Harrow International School Bengaluru will be boarders, living in one of our well-equipped boarding houses on the school campus.

Boarding provides a host of benefits, and many students who live close to the campus still choose to board. Life at Harrow Bengaluru extends well beyond a regular school day, with super-curricular and extra-curricular activities taking place in the mornings, evenings and at weekends. Unconstrained by travel time, boarders can really make the most of living at school during term time. The boarding houses provide rich opportunities for students to build deep and lasting friendships with others from a wide range of backgrounds. The community in boarding houses is particularly strong, as students live with each other through the school week, experiencing the highs and lows of the term together. The boarding houses are located in the middle of our campus, allowing boarders easy access to all school facilities.

Boarders benefit from formal, supervised homework time during the evening, to ensure that studies are completed effectively and to a high standard. Tutors in the boarding houses are in many cases the students’ subject teachers, meaning boarders can seek advice on their work as they complete their tasks.

Boarding also helps to develop the character qualities that are an important part of a Harrow education. The challenges of living with one’s peers teach students to manage their friendships, whilst the vertical nature of Harrow Bengaluru’s boarding houses (students from a variety of year groups live together in the same house) provide older students with opportunities for caring leadership.

Most importantly, boarding allows our students to become part of a close-knit “second family” and to thrive in their school lives alongside their friends in a happy, busy and secure community.

  • Our Boarding Houses

    Boarding houses will open for both boys and girls in August 2023. Each house has the capacity to accommodate around 70 students. Middle School students are accommodated in twin study bedrooms, whilst Senior School students, in most cases, have their own study bedroom with ensuite bathroom.

    Integrated into each boarding house is accommodation for a House Master (for boys’ houses) or House Mistress (for girls’ houses), an Assistant House Master or Mistress, and a Matron, whose specific role is to look after the domestic needs of the students in the house.

    Each boarding house has its own kitchen and dining room. Students benefit from nutritious home-cooked meals, prepared by their house catering team, and eaten alongside their housemates.

    In addition, each boarding house benefits from numerous communal areas, including a house library and several common rooms for different age groups.

    Our boarding houses are at the core of our boarding students’ busy school lives, drawing together every aspect of their day, from their lessons and super-curricular activities, their meals and homework, to their free-time activities and sleep.

  • Boarding Life

    Boarding life at Harrow Bengaluru is busy and varied. Students rise early on each weekday, eating breakfast together in their houses with their House Master or Mistress and Matron, before preparing for school and heading off to form rooms.

    After a day of lessons, they return to their boarding houses with their friends to start their afternoon and evening routine. That may include attending a co-curricular club, a music, drama or dance rehearsal, or a sports match or practice in or around the sports centre. For those with any spare time, there is usually a casual game of one sort or another taking place in the immediate vicinity of the house, under the watchful eye of house staff.

    Supper is eaten in the boarding houses in the early evening before a supervised homework session from 7pm to 8.30pm. Being surrounded by others who are also hard at work and having the support of an academic Tutor during this period helps to make the completion of homework easier. Older students are expected to continue their studies later in the evening to complete their work.

    The later evening provides an enjoyable finish to the day, with time for students to gather with their housemates to socialise and relax, either in the common rooms or the immediate vicinity of their boarding houses, before heading to bed in line with their year-group schedule.

    At weekends, the boarding houses are even livelier. All boarders have organised activities on Saturday morning and they can join trips or make use of the school’s facilities throughout the weekend. Film nights and other communal activities are a much-valued aspect of Saturday evening, before a perhaps less-hectic Sunday, providing time to prepare for the new week.

  • Weekly Boarding

    Weekly boarding is an option for students who live in and around Bengaluru and who wish to take advantage of all the opportunities provided by our boarding programme, whilst returning home to their families at weekend.

    These students start their boarding week on Sunday evening, so that they are on site and ready to learn on Monday morning. They stay in their boarding houses each night through the week, heading home on Friday evening after school or on Saturday morning after activities.

  • Full Boarding

    Full boarding is available to any student who wishes to board fully at school throughout the term. These boarders enjoy the full weekend programme with their housemates in their boarding house.

    The weekend programme involves regular trips off campus as well as the chance to take advantage of the on-campus facilities throughout Saturday and Sunday.