Pastoral care plays a central part in the life of all pupils at Charterhouse. During their time here, pupils have a range of people who care for them.

Foremost is the Housemaster. Each of the 11 houses has a resident Housemaster who is responsible for the over-all running of the house and is the person to whom pupils and parents are likely to turn in the first instance for help and advice.

For girls, there are is also the Head of Girls (Mrs Maggy Swift) and her team of staff who run Chetwynd, Northridge, Stainers and Long Meadow which collectively make up the girls’ residential accommodation.

Housemasters and the Warden of Chetwynd are supported by a resident Matron who looks after the domestic needs of each pupil in the house, dispenses routine medication and offers homely advice and support.

Each house also has a team of around six tutors. Every pupil is allocated a tutor who takes a particular interest in his academic work and extra-curricular commitments. A tutor has around two pupils to look after in each of the five year groups giving a very good tutor/pupil ratio. Tutors meet with their tutees each week in the 15-minute mid-morning tutorials and on the tutor’s weekly duty night in House. One of these tutors will be appointed the Assistant Housemaster; he or she too will have a very close working knowledge of the House.

The Master of the Yearlings keeps a special eye on the new boys (known colloquially as “Yearlings”), organising informal meals and opportunities to talk through issues that face them as new boys in the School.

There is also the chaplaincy, the medical staff and counsellors whom any pupil can make an appointment to meet.

There is also a structure of care amongst the pupils in each House. The Housemaster appoints a Head of House and House Monitors to help care for pupils in the House. And during their first few weeks in the House, each new pupil is allocated to an older pupil whose responsibility it is to make sure they settle in, find their way around and learn quickly how the School and House works.

Over seeing all this is the Assistant Headmaster Pastoral (Mr Nigel Cooper) who keeps a school-wide eye on pastoral care and reports directly to the Headmaster.