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Pastoral Care

Pastoral care at d鈥橭verbroeck embodies the school鈥檚 鈥渇ocus on the individual”. To best care for all students, the school designates personal tutors and Pastoral Mentor to each student. There are also many peer support groups, School Counsellors, and the Head of House who is always available for students to talk to. Tutor groups meet up every day, staff meet every week to discuss pastoral issues, and counsellors are on hand 40 hours per week to best take care of each student in every aspect of school life.

Extracurricular Activities

D鈥橭verbroeck offers various choices of extracurricular activities to support all student鈥檚 needs in order to excel personally and academically.听

• The arts

Art is the soul of the school. The musical vibe is well nurtured. There are plenty of opportunities for participating in an orchestra, chamber choir or other ensembles. Performances are tailored to performers’ strengths and can range from traditional musicals and operas to a mixture of Debussy and Metallica. Furthermore, the students will be performing in prestigious and renowned venues throughout Oxford.

Drama is another strength of the school with a significant focus on quality performance rather than a merely flamboyant fa莽ade. There are strong links with the professional world, and the entire cast enjoys quality training as a result. The school creates an inclusive environment where all auditionees will receive a spot. The organisers can go as far as amending scripts to accommodate all performers.听

Students often get to watch productions at the Playhouse theatre in central Oxford, visit The West End in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

• Sport

The overall sporting ethos is laid back and inclusive. The programme aims to cater to as many interests and abilities as possible.

Students of d鈥橭verbroeck鈥檚 College have access to the tennis and squash courts, gym halls and a swimming pool at the University of Oxford. The school has recently launched an elite Tennis Academy programme with individual coaching to develop excellent tennis players’ talents.

• Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a programme dedicated to deepening a student鈥檚 specific area of academic interest. Students have the option to research their topic of choice or produce a creative product for their EPQs. The EPQ programme equips students with valuable skills such as academic writing, independent research, project management, academic footnote use and multimedia presentation techniques. Most recent titles range from academic written reports to creative writings, dance choreography and musical composition.
• Think programme is an in-house programme designed to develop and explore students鈥� academic interest.
  • The Discovery programme helps students engage with current affairs and broaden academic interest outside of subject areas.
  • The Plus programme adds an extra 15 subject areas to deepen a student鈥檚 subject of choice. Students can build research skills, develop critical thinking, and experience studying the subject at the university level.
  • The Seminar programme helps students discuss their academic discoveries and interests based on the University of Oxford鈥檚 resources.听听
  • The Focused Admissions Skills Training (FAST) gives students two specialised options: preparing for Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science and Law pathways or preparing for entry to Oxford or Cambridge.听
  • The Engage programme helps students understand their ambition then set goals and intermediate targets to achieve them.
• All Lower Sixth formers are also required to attend a weekly Enrichment session to discuss the wider world and pastoral care issues led by external speakers ranging from university professors, admissions tutors to writers, scientists and entrepreneurs.