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8 questions every parent should ask on a school visit
The prospectus is polished. These questions get you past it to how the school actually runs.
4 Jun 2026Read
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Pastoral care is the new league table
Parents increasingly ask about counselling and dorm life before they ask about grades. Schools are noticing.
By Esther Auma, Features Writer
Features writer following the schools, founders and families shaping the sector.
Published 6 min read
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A quiet shift is under way in what parents ask on a school visit. The questions about exam results come, but they come second now, after the ones about bullying, homesickness, dormitory supervision and whether there is anyone a struggling child can talk to.
Schools that once treated pastoral care as the chaplain’s side job are professionalising it: trained counsellors, structured tutor systems, and dorm staff who are chosen and reviewed rather than inherited. The schools taking wellbeing seriously argue it is not soft at all, a settled, safe child learns, and the results follow the care rather than the other way round.
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