Boarding is at the very heart of what makes The Doon School’s approach to boys’ education unique. Our two holding houses, Foot and Martyn, take in boys in their first year whilst they settle into their new school lives, adjust and make friends. There are approximately 40 boys per holding house. Our five main houses are called Jaipur, Oberoi, Tata, Kashmir and Hyderabad after the patrons who funded them at the school’s inception. Approximately 80–90 boys live in each main house. Good pastoral care at The Doon School is central to every individual boy’s intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and emotional development. We have a comprehensive life skills programme for boys in each year group. This programme is supported by a tutorial system and one-to-one guidance provided by school counsellors. Every House is run by a Housemaster, an Assistant Housemaster and a team of Tutors, all supported by a matron or ‘Dame’ as they are known. The House experience forms the backbone of a boy’s life at The Doon School. It is his home, his place of work for toye (homework) and the foundation of his group identity. We have an astonishingly strong and highly developed inter-house competitive system that encompasses intellectual, sporting, cultural and other pursuits. See More See Less
Sport is on offer to all age groups at The Doon School. All year groups have PE classes each day timetabled in to the curriculum. It plays a central role in supporting the ethos of the school and a first class education. The Doon School has a strong reputation for sport and there is a demanding and growing fixture list, with depth in teams, backed up by extensive playing fields and facilities. The majority of boys flourish in school or house teams, while some progress to district, state and national level. There is an opportunity for all pupils to maximise their potential via an extensive co-curricular programme which is second-to-none. Boys can participate in a rich range of sports commensurate with their abilities and every boy should be able to find a skill to become engaged in. Teamwork is fostered, leaders are identified and developed and boys learn much about themselves and others; sport is a vehicle for personal development. The school benefits from a team of expert professional coaches. In addition, the academic staff are enthusiastically committed to helping deliver the extensive sports programme. Tours and pre-season training: The major sports are soccer, cricket and hockey. Other sports taken almost all the year round are swimming and basketball. Individual sports played all the year round are all racket sports. See More See Less
Auditorium: This superb facility provides the School with a 100-seater, acoustically engineered auditorium. It has proved to be very popular for small conferences, drama and debating events, visiting speakers and meetings. See More See Less
Our Central Dining Hall, more popularly known as “the CDH”, is a modern, spacious and airy building. It provides the boys and staff with the three main meals of the day, as well as snacks during break in the morning and afternoon. There is a Mess Committee where boys and staff meet the Catering Manager to provide feedback and make suggestions, including the range and content of the menus. See More See Less
This is an excellent facility for a growing and dynamic department. The Music School is home to both Hindustani Classical and Western music. Boys have access to individual music rooms, a music library and a recital room. Boys are able to study academic music and for the Trinity Board Music Examinations. Inter-house and inter-school competitions, in addition to a series of concerts, make the Music School one of the most popular school venues for the many boys with an interest in music. In celebration of its recent tenth anniversary, substantial investments were made in a wide range of instruments, both Indian and Western classical. The number of Trinity Board candidates has soared, with boys choosing to study music at the university level too. See More See Less
The Kilachand Library has been refurbished and re-stocked in recent years and the school is committed to ongoing investment in print books and digital technology such as Kindles and other e-book sources and resources. There is ample space for research and reading on the ground floor, and plenty of access to IT facilities on the second floor. WiFi connection enables the boys to access their laptops within the building. The library has been designed to provide the boys with a quiet and purposeful atmosphere for study and intellectually creative thought.Boys are able to use the library throughout the term and there are regular book fairs and meetings of the Library Council attended by boys and masters to discuss the development of our library resources, such as book requests, Kindles, newspapers and periodical publications, and reference material. There are also departmental libraries to support the work and resources of the Kilachand Library. See More See Less
The Wellness Centre is fully equipped with multiple beds, a full time residential doctor, a full time residential nurse and other support medical support. The boys are encouraged to drop in to the Wellness Centre to seek assistance as and when they need it. There is also a dental centre, a visiting physiotherapist and a nutritonist for the students’ overall well being. Counselling service for the boys is also provided by two school counsellors who teach the life skills curriculum based upon the UK SEAL programme. They also offer boys one- to- one counselling as and when it is needed. Comprehensive support is also offered to parents and staff in groups and in one- to- one sessions, as and when desired. The school also has visiting counsellors from overseas who vist two or three times a year and deal with specialised areas that need to be addressed. See More See Less
