House staff
Every one of our 17 Houses has a Housemaster or Housemistress (HM), and Assistant HM (often also resident) and a team of tutors who look after individual year groups within the House community. On a day-to-day basis, it is the HM who has overarching responsibility for the pastoral life of the boys or girls under their care and will often be the first point of contact for parents. Tutors meet their tutees on regular basis both as a group, during a morning tutorial period, and also individually at least once per fortnight. All Houses also have a Matron, most of whom work between 10.30am and 6pm and a Housekeeper, who works between 7.30am and lunchtime. This system ensures that there is always adult cover in every House 24-hours a day.
Our 'buddy' system
All new pupils are assigned a ‘buddy’ from the year above in their House to help them settle into life at Wellington in the early weeks and months. One of the House prefects will also be a designated Third Form prefect and their sole responsibility is to take care of the new pupils in their respective Houses.
House allocation
After offers of places are made in Year 6, several events are held at the College to enable families to visit different Houses, meet the HMs and be toured by current pupils. Families are then asked to provide further information about their son or daughter, together with a list of their House preferences. The date of registration is used as a factor when allocating Houses.
