MSJ Sixth Form Boarding

The boarding provision for MSJ Sixth Form is distinctive, enhanced by our exceptional team of experienced and dedicated House Staff. We have two boarding Houses for Sixth Form girls.

The Sixth Form experience in Poulton (Year 12) and Greenslade (Year 13) offers a warm, empowering and supportive environment, serving as a great transition between School and University life.

Poulton

Poulton is our Year 12 boarding house, located at the top of the main school building with amazing views over Malvern and a short commute down to the dining room. Poulton offers girls an excellent start to their Sixth Form studies where we work hard but play hard too. Poulton is where girls become more independent as they start to think about their choices after MSJ.

Independence is the key to Sixth Form boarding, giving girls the skills they will need for university in a safe and secure environment with staff to support them pastorally and academically. In Year 12, girls have a great deal of autonomy over how they plan their days, with staff to assist to ensure they are striking a good balance between study and leisure time.

In Sixth Form girls are able to make excellent use of the school’s facilities in the evenings with the Library, Sixth Form Centre, Art rooms and Gym all open till late, as well as the privilege of going to town in the evening for a meal, with permission.

Most importantly boarding in Poulton will teach girls to do their own laundry, start learning how to cook meals, manage their finances and time, ask for help when they need it, understand the value of compromising, and how to look after eachother.

Greenslade

Greenslade is the Year 13 transition to University house. We help to further foster independence and prepare our girls for life beyond MSJ with the knowledge of how to create a work-life balance. All girls benefit from a single room, excellent WiFi and large study and social areas, all supported by our experienced house staff.

Breakfast is served every day in House as a Year 13 privilege; this includes a range of freshly cooked pastries, cereals and fruit. Of course, the girls can go to the main School building for a cooked breakfast if they wish. The girls develop their independence through doing their own laundry, managing their time effectively and having the privilege to go further afield with their friends, whether to the cinema or out for meals.

In-house we arrange a wide range of activities in the communal areas including cookery in the kitchens and socials in the ‘Big Sit’. These add to the warm and homely atmosphere throughout Greenslade.

The pupils are encouraged and supported both by the House staff and each other, through a pivotal year that includes applying to university and taking their final exams.