HABERDASHERS’ MONMOUTH SCHOOLS

Mr Alex

Peace, Director of Boarding (Assistant Head), introduces exciting co-educational plans at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools.

September 2024 will mark the beginning of a new chapter in our 409-year-old institution’s history, as our girls’ and boys’ senior schools will merge to become fully co-educational. Boarding and day pupils will benefit enormously from the multi-million-pound investment into the redevelopment of the sites, including a new Sixth Form Centre, dance studio and dining hall.

We have more than 250 boarders from Year 3 to 13 who reside in one of six distinct boarding houses, each with its own character and house team. Our junior boarding house, already co-ed, feeds into three single-sex middle houses, before pupils move into one of our purpose-built, single-sex, Sixth Form Houses. Each offers ensuite study rooms providing a pre-university experience and increased independence in a controlled environment.

With our two senior schools merging, our boarders benefit from so many superb facilities: two swimming pools, two gyms and two Astro pitches, tennis courts, a rowing club (we are located next to the River Wye); all which support our extensive co-curricular activity programme. We are also a short walk from the very appealing market town high street.

Weekends and evenings are structured and packed with fun activities balanced with supervised homework periods. Most boarders stay in school at weekends and can participate in activities including go-karting, water parks, paintballing, and cinema trips.

We have introduced some optional weekends away, in place of exeats, so boarders can enjoy cultural, fun trips, with visits to museums, theatres or outdoor activity centres. This year’s programme included London and Cardiff and next year we have added the Isle of Wight and Bristol.

We also have a dedicated transport department. Parents supply us with flight details, and we do the rest! We offer supervised, door-to-door coach transfers every holiday along with a minibus shuttle to our local train station. We often take more than 100 pupils to Heathrow Airport at the end of term. We are extremely proud of our nurturing environment where students thrive academically, socially, and personally. We look forward to embracing our exciting transition to co-education in September 2024.