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Housemaster

S T Hearn MSc, MInstP, C Phys


Stephen Hearn has taught Physics at Charterhouse since 1985, after completing an MSc at the University of London and working in the semiconductor industry. He was Head of Science for twelve years and is heavily involved in science teacher training and physics curriculum development. He has also established close links with the Hill School in the USA, where he taught for a year on exchange. Stephen has coached football and is master in charge of basketball. He is married to Hazel, who works at the Wharf Nursery in Godalming, and they have two sons.

Stephen took over as Housemaster of Robinites in August 2008.

Mr S T Hearn
Telephone: 01483 291620
E-mail: sth@charterhouse.org.uk

Housemaster's Statement

The House is most importantly a home from home for its members. In the lively, but secure and tolerant environment that prevails, all pupils can flourish. The House has a well deserved reputation for friendliness and easy relations between year groups.  Robinites are encouraged to make an impression in all spheres of life at Charterhouse, to work hard and compete enthusiastically.


House Profile

 

So, what apart from its outstanding cross-dressing netball team and its reputation for always having the best cakes in the afternoon makes Robinites recognisable? It is often said by other members of the School how surprisingly well year groups get on and how pleasant it is that a Remove can have a chat to a Second Year Specialist as if speaking to a peer. Just as notable as our friendliness is our popularity. Robinites is probably the most visited House in the School, with the top floor swarming with First Year Specialists, spilling out of the common room and into the corridors, or with a Fourths’ pizza evening filling the first floor.

 

When Mr Hearn came to the House he inspired the House with their energy and enthusiasm. Our matron, Mrs Mayo, is always helpful and her friendly face has become a part of Robinites that would be sorely missed (and the quality of her cakes has already been mentioned).

 

There are many scholars in our midst; academic, music, art and Peter Attenborough award winners. The Lack of Talent Variety Show is one of the most widely anticipated theatrical events in the School calendar, and without Robinite inspiration it wouldn’t be quite the same.

 

We’ve had victories in recent years, in House art, music, drama, sport, and even general knowledge competitions. Putting victories aside, when it comes down to it all Robinites is, and always will be, a friendly environment and social centre of the School.

 

                                                                                                                                    A House Monitor

 

The Boarding House


Robinites was founded in 1872 by Mr GH Robinson, the Music Master, when the School moved to Godalming from London. It was originally sited on Frith Hill. For the first thirty years of its existence it was a ‘waiting house,’ for pupils awaiting a place in another, more senior, house. In 1904-05 it achieved full status within the School. In 1972 the House moved to its present site in purpose-built accommodation on Northbrook. The House provides single-room accommodation for all boarding pupils and internet connection throughout. There is also an IT room and library containing 6 networked PCs, a games room and a TV and common room on the ground floor.

Robinites counts amongst its more distinguished alumni the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Oliver Popplewell, the High Court Judge, and Michael Prestwich, Professor of History at Durham University.