Although there are a significant number of Greensteds students who travel to school each day from Nakuru and the surrounding area, (the school provides a daily bus service to/from Nakuru Town). The majority of the pupils here at Greensteds are full-time boarders, with some also boarding weekly.

Boarding life has lots of benefits and the fact that students remain on site allows them to really take advantage of everything the school has on offer especially sport, drama, music, President’s Award, student support clinics and other extra-curricular activities. Each boarding house (or Dorm) aims to create an atmosphere where pupils can fulfil their academic potential, but also relax and feel ‘at home’. Many students form close long lasting friendships with their fellow boarders and the boarding houses are generally very happy places.

The boarding houses are all on the main Greensteds school campus, but with boys at one end of the site and girls at the other!! The size of the boarding houses varies depending on the age of the buildings, and therefore the age groups in each dorm are slightly different for boys and girls.

Dorm Staff

All Dorms have a resident Dorm Tutor who is in overall charge of the dorm, and either one or sometimes two Assistant Dorm Tutors who live close by.  Dorm Tutors are usually members of the school teaching staff. They oversee student’s pastoral needs and keep an eye on student’s academic progress. Each Dorm also has a resident Matron who is a very important figure and oversees the day-to-day running of the Dorm. Dorm Staff aim to work closely with parents to ensure that each pupil is well cared for and is enabled to reach their full potential.

Dorm Facilities and Services

All Dorms have a common room area where the students can relax and watch TV. Some of the Dorms for older students also have kitchen areas. All Dorms have ample hot showers (in separate cubicles), wash basins and flush toilets, (there are also urinals in the Boy’s Dorms). Dorms provide a Dhobie Service and each day clothes are washed, ironed and returned to the students. Dorm Tutors also provide a banking service whereby pupils can deposit their pocket money. Pupils in Years 7 – 13 are provided with keys for their rooms.

Meals

Boarders all eat meals together in the main dining hall, and the Junior pupils are supervised by Matrons / Teaching Staff during this time. Lunch for the Sixth Form is served in the Sixth Form Centre on weekdays.

Prep Times

Prep time is an important part of Dorm life. This is time which is supervised by a member of staff and all pupils are expected to quietly get on with the Prep work (homework) they have been set by their subject teachers. Junior School pupils (up to Year 6) have Prep in a classroom on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for one hour. All other pupils have prep every evening for two hours, (Y7 and 8 an hour and a half) from Monday to Friday and also on Saturday mornings. Year 7–11 students do Prep in their rooms and Years 12 and 13 may work in their rooms or the Library or IT Labs. This supervised prep time helps pupils to really boost their academic performance.