Oakthorpe House Handbook

WELCOME / THE HOUSE TEAM / HOUSE VALUES / STAYING IN TOUCH / THINGS TO BRING DAILY ROUTINES / HOUSE LIVING / SUPPORT FOR PUPILS AND PARENTS / A TO Z

OAKTHORPE HOUSE HANDBOOK

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WELCOME

Welcome to Oakthorpe House We are all looking forward to your daughter starting at Teddies and getting to know her and you. Very soon after your daughter starts, she will know all about how life at Teddies works. In the meantime, this booklet aims to cover some basics to help with the start of term and to give you some important contact details. There is also an A–Z at the end which hopefully will answer specific points, for anything else please ask! In my role as HM, I have overall responsibility for your daughter’s wellbeing at school. This includes their emotional and social wellbeing as well as their academic progress and involvement in the co-curricular life of the school. I am supported in this role by a fantastic team – the Assistant HM Jess Harris, the House Matrons Sophie Sydenham and Karen Oliver, the Resident Tutor Tori Groom, the Resident Tutor 2 Ed Ellis, and the entire House team. If you have any concerns about your daughter, please do get in touch with me or one of the team (see the contact details below) by email, text, or phone. We all aim to reply to emails within 24 hours but for anything more urgent please phone me on my mobile or the House phone. In an emergency, you can also contact the Sub-Warden. It is really important that we can contact you or a guardian, so please ensure you let me know if your contact details change.

Alex Waring Oakthorpe Housemaster (HM)

I joined Teddies in 2017 to teach Biology and have been HM in Oakthorpe since 2020. From September, I will also be the Assistant Director of Wellbeing. Away from the classroom, I coach the 1st XI Boys’ Hockey Team with Ed Ellis, and badminton. I’m always here to help and to support you as parents. I’ll probably be the first port of call when you have questions or concerns. I am committed to making Oakthorpe a home away from home, full of laughter, kindness and, of course, hard work! Email waringa@stedwardsoxford.org House phone +44 (0)1865 319 262 Mobile +44 (0) 7715 372 982 Instagram @teddies_oakthorpe

ST EDWARD’S, OXFORD

JUNE 2025