Contact with the House & the College

For central administration purposes, it is important to have up-to-date addresses, email addresses, home, office and mobile telephone numbers. You will be asked to confirm these details when you complete the joining forms. After a pupil’s arrival in the school, it is essential that any alterations to contact details should be sent by email to ekendrick@marlboroughcollege.org who will ensure that all relevant personnel are notified of the change.

Guardianship

For pupils living abroad it is essential that a UK Educational Guardian is nominated. The Educational Guardian is responsible for your child when not in school or in your care. Educational Guardians will also either provide or arrange suitable accommodation through a formal homestay which may be used during exeats and half-terms or on an ad hoc basis such as when a pupil is ill or has been suspended. To ensure these purposes are met, the College requires parents to appoint an Educational Guardian who:

• Is independent (i.e. not connected to Marlborough College);

• Is at least 25 years old;

• Speaks and writes English fluently;

• L ives within a three-hour drive of Marlborough;

• Is available during term-time, including weekends;

• Will engage with the College regarding travel and accommodation arrangements;

• Will take an active interest in the pupil’s wellbeing and progress; and

• If a family choose to use a guardianship company then this company must be registered with AEGIS.

Parents will be asked to sign a Guardianship Agreement. Once an Educational Guardian has been nominated, the College may contact the Guardian to ensure that the eligibility criteria have been met and will ask them to sign a Guardianship Agreement. Parents are required to inform the College immediately of any changes to a pupil’s Educational Guardian.

Parents of Service Personnel

In the interests of security, Service parents may prefer that we do not use service ranks when sending correspondence to private addresses. All Service parents who would like their rank removed from College correspondence should complete the relevant section of the Communications form.

Contact with the College during the holidays and half-terms

Parents may reach HMs when the College is closed either by telephone (including voicemail) or email, using the details at the end of this booklet; however, response times are likely to vary. The College Switchboard (01672 892200) is able to take messages and will usually be aware of the whereabouts of HMs and other key members of staff.

Marlborough Communications

We keep you in touch with school news and events at the College through a mixture of print and digital communications.

Our Twitter accounts are a good way to follow the activities of the school, a boarding house, a sport or an academic department. You will find them all listed in the Social Media Directory on our website. The official Marlborough College Twitter account is @MarlboroughCol. There is also an Instagram account which can be found via instagram.com/marlboroughcollege

An e-newsletter is sent to all parents each half-term and at the end of term. It contains a round-up of the news, events, sport, drama, music, trips, academic and other achievements of pupils and staff at the College.

The Almanac is available to parents before the start of each term. It contains the calendar of activities and events for the term and you will find information about the staff and the routine of the College in its front pages, including dates of terms and travel information.

Other publications include The Marlburian, the annual school magazine, a copy of which is given to every pupil to be taken home at Christmas and The Marlburian Club Magazine which is mailed to parents once a year in November and includes feature articles and news from alumni all over the world. Together magazine which is the College’s Social Impact report is given to pupils to take home at the end of the Lent Term.

A copy of The Shell Handbook is issued to all Shell pupils when they arrive in the school. Other academic handbooks are available as pupils make curriculum choices for GCSE and A level. They are also given a House Handbook containing helpful information about boarding and the routines in their House.