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very quickly. If medication is prescribed, our nurses
will oversee its use. Hospital referrals can be made
and where a guardian is unable to accompany a
boarder, we will make alternative arrangements.
All boarders are also automatically covered by our
‘emergency’ dental treatment policy – so if there
is any non-routine issue with their teeth, they will
be treated at our excellent private dental practice
in Pocklington at no additional cost. All routine
dental care must be arranged privately by the
boarder’s family.
‘Pocklington School is a very special
place; I spent happy years here and
now I want my young nephew
to come too.’
OLD POCKLINGTONIAN FROM HONG KONG
Your timetable should be ready for you on the first
day of term but is usually quite easy to change if
you discover that something is not quite right. Day
and Boarding house staff are here to sort things
out for you so don’t be at all surprised if your
timetable takes a week or so to finalise.
Medical
We take the physical and mental well-being of our
students very seriously indeed. Our students are
cared for in school and in the houses by a team
of highly qualified and experienced nursing staff.
They are ‘on duty’ on site six days a week 0800hrs
till 1900hrs and are then ‘on call’ for boarding
house staff right through the evening and night.
The nurses have particular responsibility for
our boarders and they oversee all routine and
emergency needs. The public Health Centre
is just 5 minutes’ walk from school and all our
boarders, including all international boarders,
are automatically registered with our School
GP. If there is a need for an appointment with a
doctor, we have a certain number of appointments
ringfenced for our use so boarders can be seen
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For all boarders, routine childhood immunisation
programmes are continued at school under our
nurses’ supervision – parents can ‘opt out’ if they
wish. Each year, all boarders are also offered a free
‘flu vaccination’ – this is administered by our school
doctor and supported by our nursing staff.
As part of your joining instructions, once you
have accepted your place, you will be asked to
complete a confidential medical record document.
Please complete this fully and accurately so that
we can care for you excellently. We only accept
medication which is labelled in English and fully
approved by a qualified medical practitioner.
Banking
In our two junior houses – Dolman and Orchard –
house staff run an internal bank system -whereby
boarders may ‘deposit’ cash and then ‘withdraw’
it when it is needed. This enables staff to keep a
closer eye on spending patterns! For Prep School
boarders, who are not permitted to walk the short
distance into the market town of Pocklington
without a member of staff, it is a safe way to
‘bank’ money. Parents can ‘top up’ their children’s
accounts electronically from home. We can provide
all banking details upon request.
Most older boarders open their own bank account:
we have two banks in Pocklington, and HSBC is
particularly experienced in providing wise banking
solutions for our international boarders. We will
provide a confirmation letter for you and the whole
process takes about a week. You can then have
access to funds at any time via internet banking
and it is obviously much easier for
parents to ensure their children have
adequate personal funds.