PASTORAL
Tutor System
St Alban’s College has a proven, trusted history of nurturing individual potential and instilling moral values in a safe, supportive learning environment.
Guiding young men through their complex adolescent years to become fully-rounded beings, the tutor system matches a teacher-mentor to every Form in each of the 8 Houses. Meeting twice weekly, trusted guidance is offered across an array of topics, from academic and sporting goals, to cultural engagement, social interactions and personal growth. Balancing support and accountability, tutors ensure that boys fulfil their school commitments and realise their potential. In the Boarding environment, the tutors take on an additional role by being a parent away from home.
Support System
The tutors also assist when boys experience problems by making use of our resident Chaplain and College Psychologist, deepening the level of support offered.
Social ActivitiesThe tutors arrange an array of social activities during the year to build up their tutor group spirit, creating a sense of belonging and vulnerable allyship within each group.
The Chapel
As an Anglican Christian school, our roots grow together in worship and praise. Blessed with a noble school Chapel on the site of the original chapel space (once a humble cow shed), as a community we embrace the opportunity to come together in prayer. Christian principles and values guide our way, and the Chapel offers a fittingly inspiring place to meet with God’s grace.
| Boarding Houses | Dayboy Houses |
| Knoll House | De Beer House |
| MacRobert House | Knapp-Fisher House |
| Ochse House
Tsebe House (New) |
Murray House
Baloyi House |
Houses Structure
As a cornerstone of our mission to ensure that every boy finds a sense of belonging at St Alban’s College, we have a strong House structure. Each boy will belong to one of our Four Boarding Houses or Four Dayboy Houses. Not simply a ‘place’ to belong, our Houses offer colours, crests, communities and warcries that forge identity and foster brotherhood.
Guiding our Houses
Each House has both a Director and Assistant House Director in charge of its daily running. In addition, staff have been allocated to each House to act as tutors, offering their supportive assistance.
Within each House, there is a strong leadership team, consisting of a Head of House and Deputy Head of House, along with carefully selected House Prefects. The Boarding and Dayboy Houses each have their own Common Rooms, which form the central meeting point every day.
Pastoral
The House system is the core of what St Alban’s College is all about, it gives the College its identity and significance. At St Alban’s College, we create a ‘home away from home’ environment not only for Boarders but for the Dayboys too.
Inter-house Competition
Voices raised, colours bright, there is no greater sense of competition than between our Eight Houses, vying for the annual ‘Todd House’ trophy. The competition spans an array of contributing activities and is a wonderful source of motivation and pride for our Houses each year.