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We understand the increasing demands placed on house staff; emails, telephone calls, automated alerts, notices, common room conversations, exeats, absences, inspections, parental queries, report writing, visits, medical information, registers, handovers, ‘incidents’, interviews, commendations, tracking, record keeping, and the quiet word... All these can now go in one place: Badger. Give yourself some room to think, to do what you were employed to do, to use your judgement, n

Senior pastoral staff at King Edward’s Witley are well aware of the downside of the infinite possibilities of the web and are educating pupils and parents in identifying and handling potential risks. They are also making the most of modern systems of communication to improve management systems within the school. Parents frequently despair that their children seem to have limited interest in the art of good conversation, yet the current younger generation cannot be accused of

Two housemasters at King Edward's Witley have used their own experiences to design software aimed at enhancing pastoral care. An innovative software package which could, its designers claim, revolutionise the way in which housemasters and housemistresses manage their boarding houses has been unveiled. Developed by two housemasters, the new software is designed to maximise the time invested in pastoral care by reducing the hours traditionally spent on the administration tasks

What house staff at boarding schools do is a difficult thing to pin down. The role is multifaceted – often demanding, always compelling and never dull. Beyond our roles within the boarding house we are also expected to play a full part in the wider life of the school which, again, can be entirely absorbing. The real question concerns how we fit it all in, and find the time we need for some of the more mundane aspects of the role. Where do we find time to reflect on our decisi