Leadership


The Boarding House team is led by Stephen Bunney, Head of Boarding, who is also an Assistant Head of School and, as such, is a member of the De Aston Leadership Team.

The Boarding House team comprises of 2 residential House staff, 3 non-residential House staff, 2 residential House Tutors and 4 domestic assistants. All the staff have responsibilty for the out of school hours welfare and social/moral development of the boarders.

Individual Learning

For those students for whom English is a second language, support is offered by qualified EAL [English as an Acquired Language] tutors. These tutors deliver individual learning programmes designed to bring a student’s English language ability up to examination standard. [An additional fee is charged for this service].

Communication

Parents are requested to contact the respective Head of Year or a boarder’s Tutor for matters of an academic nature and also for incidents of pastoral concern that occur in school hours.

The Head of Boarding should always be contacted when requesting leave out from school or the boarding house.

Health Matters

Members of the House staff look after day today medical matters and look after any sick children. Specific medical rooms exist for ‘sick’ students allowing them ready access to treatment and also plenty of rest.  

All Boarding House staff undergo regular medical and first aid training.

All medicines are kept in appropriately locked cupboards in a room set aside for the purpose. They are administered to boarders by House staff. A record of all medication given to students is made at the time of issue.

All the students are registered as patients with the Market Rasen Practice. Appointments are made through the school boarding staff or direct with the receptionist. Boarders can choose to be seen by either a male or a female doctor. They can also choose whether or not to be accompanied by House staff during the appointment.

Healthy Eating

De Aston has an excellent catering facility. Breakfast, evening meals and weekend lunches are provided exclusively for boarders. Break and lunch on school days, are taken alongside day students. The meals are nutritionally balanced and offer boarders a full choice, always with a vegetarian option. Fruit, salad, yoghurt and fresh drinking water are always on offer at meal times. Boarders eat alongside staff and are encouraged to eat sensibly. Fresh bread, spreads, milk and fruit are available as snacks after school, in the evenings and at weekends.  
Special diets can be catered for. Packed lunches are available for students taking part in activities. The kitchens also provide basic cooking ingredients for food technology lessons at school.

For more information on Healthy Eating click here

Beyond the Classroom

Boarding students have access to a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. These include House based activities such as basketball, football, art, dance and music-making. Boarders have access to the sports hall, artificial turf sports surface, exercise gym and other sports facilities on the campus as well as playing for local football, rugby and cricket clubs. As with all students, boarders are encouraged to participate in the multitude of activities that are on offer at De Aston and in Market Rasen. Interested students are encouraged to participate in local associations such as Army Cadets and St. John’s Ambulance.

Regular use is made of the Boarding House minibus (fitted with manufacturer’s 3 point seat belts) to take students to places and activities outside De Aston and Market Rasen.