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we wish to embody,” said Director of Boarding Dick Morriss. “Those big old dorm-style rooms weren’t conducive to building the kinds of good relationships we want in the modern day. With this new way we could replicate the family dynamic more easily. This dynamic was further enhanced with a mix of ages in residences, and students having their own rooms rather than sleeping in dorms. “It was a brave decision to close the big boarding house; we were full and doing well,” Miss Fogarty continued, “and yet, we favoured a style of boarding that sat more comfortably with our values, and aimed to produce the kind of young adults we think the world needs.” A spotlight on wellbeing These young adults are supported not just academically but developmentally too. They take part in many community and charitable projects, and a core example of nurturing their emotional wellbeing is through the school’s restorative practices: methods used to bring a pupil back into the mainstream student community, after they have, perhaps, through their behaviour lost the trust of others. “We don’t see punitive consequences as a good way of