Fire safety

It is very important that you know where ALL the fire exits are in House. In your first 24 hours we will walk around and work out where your escape routes are, so you can get out in the event of a fire. If the alarm sounds, you must make your way as quickly and quietly as possible out of the House. We assemble on the grassy area between Reader Harris and the Health Centre.

You must line up silently in year groups in alphabetical order. The girl at the front of each line must do a quick register before the staff member, so that she can say how many girls from her year are present. This is the quickest way that we, as House staff, can work out if everyone is present. We will then do a full roll call to make sure that everyone is accounted for. The optimum time for us to evacuate and account for everyone is two and a half minutes. This isn’t a long time, so everyone must be sensible and quiet so this can happen efficiently. Occasionally when the fire alarm goes off, it is due to a false alarm.

It is possible that, once assembled, we will be notified that the School is having a full evacuation. If this is the case, we will all have to make our way to the pitches where we will reassemble alongside the rest of the School in front of the Pavilion. When we line up on the pitches, we stay in House groups.

House contact details:

Mrs Cracknell (Housemistress) E: f.cracknell@sherborne.com House Landline: 01935 818244 House Mobile: 07808 775581 E: readerharris@sherborne.com