Boarding is at the very heart of what makes The Doon School’s approach to boys’ education unique. Our two holding houses, Foot and Martyn, take in boys in their
first year whilst they settle into their new school lives, adjust and make friends. There are approximately 40 boys per holding house. Our five main houses are called Jaipur, Oberoi, Tata, Kashmir and Hyderabad after the patrons who funded them at the school’s inception. Approximately 80–90 boys live in each main house. Good pastoral care at The Doon School is central to every individual boy’s intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and emotional development. We have a comprehensive life skills programme for boys in each year group. This programme is supported by a tutorial system and one-to-one guidance provided by school counsellors. Every House is run by a Housemaster, an Assistant Housemaster and a team of Tutors, all supported by a matron or ‘Dame’ as they are known. The House experience forms the backbone of a boy’s life at The Doon School. It is his home, his place of work for toye (homework) and the foundation of his group identity. We have an astonishingly strong and highly developed inter-house competitive system that encompasses intellectual, sporting, cultural and other pursuits.
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