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Boarding Team

Leadership / Pastoral Team

Pastoral Team

The Pastoral Team (Assistant Principal (Pastoral), Director of Safeguarding and Director of Boarding oversee the pastoral care of the boarding community.

Residential Director of Boarding

The Director of Boarding oversees the community of boarding staff and students.

Helen Rose

Assistant Principal

(Pastoral)

Yvonne Silk Jones

Residential Director of Boarding

Residents Community

07483 169582

Kayleigh Simpson

Director of Safeguarding

Residential Houseparent Team

Senior Houseparents

The senior person leading on the shift, here to support the boarding community and coordinate the activities and events of the shift and look after their own communities

House Parents and Assistant Houseparents

Here to be your points of contact in the boarding community, to help, support, advise and guide you, do bed-checks, tidy room checks, supervise common areas and organise activities, events and run the boarding operations

Claire Trevor

Senior Houseparent

Gordon House

Finland

Gainsborough

Boarding Community

07483 436166

Wayne Thomas

Assistant Houseparent (Pastoral)

James Medcalf

Houseparent

Star Hill

(not 29 Star Hill)

Boarding Community

07927 584813

Warren Willenberg

Houseparent

Ella Loveridge Foster

Houseparent

Dickens

Boarding Community

07843 919578

Charlie Osborn

Senior Houseparent

Pastoral Assistant Team

Pastoral Assistant Team (weekday mornings)

The Pastoral Assistant Team (weekday mornings) support the boarding community with activities and assist you in general boarding life. They will support with boarding routines and are here to help you get the most of your time at RIC. This team of Pastoral Assistants (weekdays) here to chaperone you to medical appointments and assist you in the school day if you are feeling unwell or need support from boarding.

Patinya (Pat) Saisorn

Pastoral Assistant

Julie Brooks

Pastoral Assistant and Transport

Co-ordinator

Pastoral Assistant Team (evenings and weekends )

There is a long tradition in UK boarding schools of using GAP year asssitants to support the work of the main boarding team. The Pastoral Assistant Team (evenings and weekends) are GAP year assistants who support the boarding community with activities and assist you in general boarding life. They will support with boarding routines (excluding evening bed checks) and are here to help you get the most of your time at RIC.

Xavier Grist

Pastoral Assistant

Danielius Pabilonis

Pastoral Assistant (Weekend Activitiy Assistant)

Residential Academic Support Team

The Residential Academic Team are here to be the link between your boarding and academic life. They support you with your academic studies within the boarding environment by offering:

Workshops
Group Support
Study Hub

Christopher Barradell

Assistant Houseparent (Academic)

Director of Studies - Lower School

Geography

Alistair Donaldson

Assistant Houseparent (Academic)

Director of Studies - 6th Form

Classical Civilisation

Manesh Mistry

Assistant Houseparent (Academic)

Maths

Alex Matrinez

Assistant Houseparent (Academic)

Science

Jian He

International Student Co-ordinator

Todrick

Resident 'feel good factor'

Mac

Resident 'feel good factor'

Medical Team

The medical team are here to support you when you feel poorly, help educate you to keep healthy and support you with appointments with doctors, hospital visit etc. You have direct contact with the medical team Monday - Friday 8-4pm in 23 Star Hill.

Please remember if you feel ill outside of these times please contact the boarding community phones

Ben Wells

Registered Children's Nurse

Emma Stoddard

Nursing Assistant

24/7 Support for you

Who is my House Parent?

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Safeguarding Governor

Tim Fish

Safeguarding Governor

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Mr Tim Fish is the college's Safeguarding Governor. You can contact him at tim.fish@dukeseducation.com

Contact Information

Arrivals Telephone Number

+44 (0) 7483 127465

+44 (0) 7483 126866

Boarding Email

boarding@rochester-college.org.uk

This mailbox is monitored regularly and we endeavour to respond to all enquiries within 48 hours.

Should you need assistance during the summer holidays, please contact us using the main college number – 01634 828115 or through admissions@rochester-college.org

Boarding Team

You are able to speak to any of the boarding team in person once on site.

Website

www.ricboarding.org.uk

You will have access to the website 24 hours a day. It will house information, guidelines and updates.

Post

Please note that we strongly discourage students from overpurchasing online. There are plenty of shops in the local area (including Chatham and Strood), and Rochester is well connected to shopping centres (Bluewater, Chatham Dockyard outlet, Westfield Shopping centre in Stratford) and to London.

All post must be sent to the following address:

Student’s name & last name

c/o Rochester Independent College

37 Star Hill

Rochester

ME1 1XF

United Kingdom

There is no post service at weekends.

IT Support

If you need help with IT simply email using the address below:

itstudentsupport@rochester-college.org.uk

Tel: 07483 376659

Safeguarding & Child Protection

Safeguarding is a serious issue and treated as such. The College’s Designated

Safeguarding Lead (DSL) with special responsibility for students’ safety and welfare is Ben Garton. If you have any concerns on a safeguarding issue please see him. Our safeguarding policy can be found on our website

There are posters around college and in boarding with the picture, name and contact details of the safeguarding officers. You are able to contact them at any time.

Safeguarding Governor Mr Tim Fish +44 (0) 203 696 5300

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