Page 12 - Millfield GSG Brochure 2021

WHAT THE GOOD
SCHOOLS GUIDE SAYS

BOARDERS
Three quarters of students board.
Nineteen boarding houses scattered
across the 240-acre campus (there are
five separate houses for day pupils).
Year 9s have their own houses for that
vital first year to ensure solid friendships
across the year group. After that students
have a say in their final house but staff
are careful to try to avoid the forming
of cliques. Most rooms are twins, singles
further up the school, some with ensuite
shower rooms; all were clean and
functional rather than luxurious and we
noted the congenial common room space
with pool tables and ping pong, rather
than more screens. Pleasant outside
space specially designed for barbecues
and summer socialising. House staff
come in for praise. Parents like the high
staff:student ratio, the 15-bed medical
centre, complete with physio clinic, and
the fact that there’s plenty to keep pupils
occupied at weekends.
During the week day students can stay
at school till 8.30pm if they want and
parents told us there are plenty of
opportunities for day and boarding pupils
to mix in and out of lessons. Everyone
eats together in the magnificent
cafeteria, where the range of choice is
almost bewildering. Menus embrace all
sporting diets. Further flung boarding
houses have the occasional dinner in their
own dining rooms on special occasions.