Can parents request that their child is not in a dorm with another student of the same nationality?

However, room allocations are a delicate process and must balance the needs and requests of all boarders, including existing UK boarders and long‑term international boarders.

Depending on the number of pupils from each country in a given year, it may not be possible to promise that an international pupil will share only with English‑speaking pupils but they may be in a room with boarders of a different nationality to their own.

Dorm groups are always carefully assigned, taking into account pastoral needs, age, friendships, and the overall balance of the boarding community.