Day pupil
Encyclopedia
Day pupils are students who attend boarding school
but who are not boarder
s and who travel between home and school every day. The majority of boarding schools allow this, although most of their students are boarders.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
but who are not boarder
Boarder
A boarder may be a person who:*snowboards*skateboards*bodyboards*surfs*stays at a boarding house*attends a boarding school*takes part in a boarding attackThe term may also refer to*The Boarder...
s and who travel between home and school every day. The majority of boarding schools allow this, although most of their students are boarders.
Further reading
- The Education (School Attendance Targets)(England) Regulations 2005—a legal definition of a day pupil
- International Students: Indian—the transition from day pupil to boarder
- Please sir! We need some help.—the three different types of schools: exclusively day schools, predominantly day schools, and boarding schools
- The Boarding School Allowance (Day)—an allowance to permit a child that is attending school as a boarder to become a day pupil at the same school and to live at home
- Selecting a school—choosing between being a day pupil and a boarder