Association Forum – Different types of boarding

• Date: October 04, 2023
• Time: 10:45 – 11:45
• Cost: Members: FOC, Non-members: £65
• Audience: All TIOB members
• Platform: Zoom (online)

All boarding schools have similar missions but all settings are different. This term’s online forum will be of interest whether you are new to boarding, have only worked in one school for a long time, or are simply curious about various types of boarding schools. We will hear from TIOB members working in a range of settings and will explore different types of boarding and ways of working. There is so much TIOB members can learn from each other, and the forum might come in handy when making a decision about your next career move.

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Speakers:

Jake Albon, Head of Boarding at Moulsford Prep

Jake graduated from Loughborough University with a sports coaching degree and has an IPGCE from the University of Buckingham. He has been a teacher at Moulsford Prep school for nine years, of which the last eight have been in boarding. Jake took over as Head of Boarding in September 2022. He teaches PE, ICT & Games.

Marcus Carter, Head of Boarding at Handcross Park

Marcus graduated from Cardiff University with an English Language degree and has a PGCE from the University of Brighton. Since then, he has also completed a Masters in Education and achieved a BSA Advanced Certificate in Pastoral Care and Boarding Management. Marcus has taught at Handcross Park since 2017, in a variety of roles, but currently teaches English and Games. He was appointed Head of Boarding in September 2022 and experienced an ISI inspection within his first few months in post.

Rebecca Jarrett, Head of Boarding at Marlborough College Malaysia

Rebecca entered teaching after completing her MA in Biological Anthropology at Cambridge and her PGCE at Oxford. She was Assistant Boarding Housemistress at Wellington College before taking over her own mixed, sixth form boarding house at LVS Ascot in 2014. She and her husband Tom have both worked closely with BSA, and she has enjoyed writing some of their briefing papers, magazine articles and delivering seminars. In 2019 the family moved to Malaysia where Rebecca took over a senior girls boarding house at Marlborough College just as the pandemic struck! She continues in her role as Housemistress and was recently appointed Head of Boarding.

Rebecca represented Cambridge at lacrosse and hockey, and has coached school hockey, netball and rounders as well as running a variety of activities including a dissection club and teaching art. She has completed several marathons, climbed Kilimanjaro and loves travelling, with a particular passion for Africa. She and Tom have three children and since moving to Malaysia the family have enjoyed extensive travels in South East Asia.

Mairion Goodman, Head of Coaching at Monkton Combe School

Mairion has a fairly unusual journey into boarding! She graduated from Leeds University with Joint Hons English & French. She then trained for ordination in the Anglican church, adding a degree in Applied Theology along the way. She spent 10 years working in a church in Bristol before starting the adventure of working in boarding. She has looked after a girls’ house at Monkton Combe School, caring for a mixture of boarders and day pupils since 2015. She is Monkton’s Head of Coaching: training staff and pupils (and now parents as well!) in conversational coaching skills, as part of the school vision to develop independent and reflective learners.