Bed time arrangements

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Those of you with children in year 10, please can you tell me what their bedtime is at school?

Do the staff have difficulty getting the children to bed? Do they obey tech hand-in or do they all have secret phones?
And what is the supervision like in the house at night?

My youngest has recently started boarding and what she describes sounds rather chaotic so would like to be able to compare to other schools.

Thanks!

Secret phones. DD had an iPad - in yr 9&10 often called me after 10 to chat or cry out the days frustrations. I was obv aware, but she wasn’t watching films all night & had no one to chat or text except me.

DS 1&2 had secret phones.

Rules have changed … more strict lower years.
now
she in 6th form and is allowed her phone.

School shuts off WiFi, however, one year, one boy watched a matron log on and shared matron WiFi password with everyone.
Another year, boys had a chargeable MiFi box and sold subscriptions to other students. They would put it up inside ceiling in hallway after 10.

School is strict, but the kids are clever. Some do get caught and phone taken away.

Strict rules make sneaky kids.

Year 9 - I am sure there are kids with secret phones but the consequences for it at his school are now pretty major so if people have them they keep it v quiet- school has new phone policy this year and while they’re not going “Eton” they have reduced phone time. Phones can be collected 4:30 and have to go back in by 9pm ( plus out of sight during prep and dinner which is 2 hrs if that chunk of time) - if you’re late you don’t get it at all the next day. DS often hands his in earlier as then he doesn’t have to break off from what he’s doing after prep (usually football or bulldog) to go and hand it in.

Re supervision, the housemaster and year 9 tutor live within the house and there’s additionally one of the matrons who sleeps overnight. There are only 3/4 of them per dorm which I think keeps things calmer too.

He seems to be getting enough sleep and I think they strike a balance on screens. It’s really hard for the schools as so many kids are so addicted now. I can understand why Eton have done what they’ve done but that only really works in an all boarding environment of which there are relatively few.

I don't mind the phones so much, but from what my DD says it sounds as though people are basically up all night with no efforts to discipline.
I'm concerned that whatever staff live in the house go to bed without ensuring that the younger years are in bed/ asleep. I'm wondering if that amounts to a safeguarding issue- they can't leave the house without an alarm going off but who knows what they are getting up to.
In fairness we used to creep about at night when I was a boarder but would have been absolutely bollocked if caught.

DD's bedtime is supposed to be 10pm (which is late for her as it stands), but apparently if one of her roommates decides to have a shower then she'll be told "don't take too long" not "pack it in and go to sleep". Then the staff all go to bed at 11pm and anyone awake continues disturbing others. It genuinely sounds like carnage.

Yeah, that sounds pretty bad and like the house staff are not very engaged/ on top of it. Is it a house specific issue or common to all the houses, do you know?

I think it's likely as bad in at least one of the other houses. I guess I have to make some calls next week...

It's supposed to be lights-out at 10 (which is already too late for DD) but it seems that no one really checks - one girl in DD's dorm is regularly on her Ipad until all hours.

My DD has that too. One girl who stays up texting on her burner, and another who stays up studying (perhaps not as bad but they are still disturbing others, blue light etc).