Grange House has 8 units for up to 48 girls and 48 boys aged 11 to 16. Units 1 -4 houses the boys while units 5 – 8 house the girls. Each unit accommodates 12 students in a 3 room, 4 students per room structure with an ensuite bathroom.
We provide a caring and supportive environment to enable students develop their independence and take responsibility for their own actions. It is an opportunity to live independently but with a sense of working together as a team and participating in the community.
We offer full-time boarding (students, only leave the boarding at half term, full-term holidays and exeat requests). However parents can opt for flexi boarding (Monday - Friday) or occasional boarding for those parents wishing to book a space on an ad hoc basis when unexpected work, family or school commitments create logistical challenges.
Taking a lot of little steps towards maturity is one of the intangibles of going to boarding school. You have to learn to get along with others because it is a community. You learn to be responsible for your actions because you are bound by an honour and discipline code. The lessons in life learned in boarding school will lay a solid foundation for adulthood. You will see how positively boarding school will shape your child's life.
You will make friends for life. Most boarding school graduates look back at their years in school as a time when lasting friendships were established.
Boarding students quickly learn how to perform many household tasks and chores themselves and they also become more independent learners. In addition, boarders need to be responsible for managing their own money and belongings, helping them to mature earlier and become more resourceful.
Boarders often form very close friendships and connections with their boarding ‘family’. They have the benefit of having many shared experiences through living together and other extra-curricular opportunities.
| ACTIVITIES | KEYSTAGE 3 | KEYSTAGE 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Wake up | 5.30am | 5.30am |
| Devotion, Chores, Shower, Inspection | 5.30am - 6:30am | 5.30am - 6:30am |
| Breakfast (in boarding house) | 6:30am - 7.00am | 6:30am - 7.00am |
| Bus Ride to School | 7:05am – 7:25am | 7:05am – 7:25am |
| School Day | 7:30am – 3:00pm | 7:30am – 3:00pm |
| In School: Intervention/After School Activities | 3.00pm – 4.00pm | 3.00pm – 4.00pm |
| Bus ride to Houses | 4.00pm – 4.30pm | 4.00pm – 4.30pm |
| Co-Curricular Activities (Alternate days for Key Stages 3 and 4) | 4.30pm – 6.20pm | 4.30pm – 6.20pm |
| Freshen Up | 6.20pm – 7.00pm | 6.20pm – 7.00pm |
| Study Prep 1 (Alternate days for Key Stages 3 and 4) | 5.30pm – 7.00pm | 5.30pm – 7.00pm |
| Dinner | 7.00pm – 7.30pm | 7.00pm – 7.30pm |
| Free Time/ Telephone Time | 7.30pm – 8.00pm | 7.30pm – 8.00pm |
| Study Prep 2 | 8.00pm – 8.45pm | 8.00pm – 9.00pm |
| Bed Time/Quiet Time | 8.45pm – 9.00pm | 9.00pm – 9.30pm |
| Lights Out | 9.00pm | 9.30pm |
Feeling homesick or lonely?
Worried about School or homework?
Being ignored or left out?
There is always someone to talk to - someone who can help.
e.g.: Your Houseparents
Mrs. Akinjogbin – Head of Boarding
Mrs. Sotunde – Acting Head of Secondary School
Mrs. Itemeh – Head, Pastoral and Wellbeing
Prefects and the Monitors. Your friends.
Nurse
Counsellor
Laundry is done for the students.
The Head of School, Head of Secondary School, Senior Housemaster and Houseparents strive to make The Grange House a happy and secure environment for all our Grange School boarders.
I would say that the boarding house at Grange school was and still is the best option for me...
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I’ve been in grange hostel for 3 years now and I have to say that it has been an amazing experience...
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I joined Grange school in September 2015, meaning I also joined hostel four years ago as ...
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I would say that the boarding house at Grange school was and still is the best option for me. The Grange House has greatly influenced who I am today. Ever since I joined the boarding house in Year 7, I have learnt the importance of independence and integrity and I have made lifelong friends who I share amazing memories with. The boarding house has provided aid in my improvement and learning in school. Most importantly, interactions in the boarding house have developed my social skills in and out of the school. The house parents are always willing to help in every situation we find ourselves in. It is such a conducive environment, I mean it is even a fact that the hostel students tend to look fresher and livelier during school hours!
Coming to the Grange Hostel, I had a different view of how it was going to be and I would say that after the first week of getting to know everyone, from students to staff, my thoughts changed. I had learnt how to mix work and play and was eager to stay almost every weekend.
The weekends in the Grange House are wonderful. You have a lot of time to complete assignments and also have a lot of time to relax and to bond with your peers. Sometimes, we even go on excursions to theme parks, ice cream outings or watch movies at the Ikeja City Mall.
I have had a lot of experiences in the boarding house. From the various competitions we have had within ourselves to even getting the chance to MC the Christmas party we did in first term. My favorite memory was when we had a cooking competition and were asked to make Jollof rice for the housemasters to taste. Unfortunately, we were very far from first place but it was an experience.
The Grange House has played a big part in working on my flaws. It has taught me the importance of being my brother’s keeper, how to take care of myself without the help of my parents, and most importantly it has taught me about time management and the prevention of procrastination.
The Grange House - without a doubt - is an unimaginable experience where working hard and playing hard go hand in hand. I have had so much fun as a boarder at Grange and I am sure you will too!
I’ve been in grange hostel for 3 years now and I have to say that it has been an amazing experience. When I joined hostel in year 7 I was reserved and dependent on others, hostel has definitely improved my social skills and has made me independent. I have developed multiple new friendships and I personally believe that those friendships have affected me positively.
My grades have drastically improved since I joined the boarding house. I work more efficiently, independently, and my work has significantly improved in quality. I’ve made so many memories in Grange, but none of them are as memorable as those that I have made in the Hostel. Every day I spend in the hostel, I learn something new.
The different house parents that I have experienced have all taught me different things that will be with me forever. All the house parents are always very willing and happy to assist me when I’m in need. Hostel has showed me that there is a time for everything, and this has made me more disciplined as I have gotten rid of certain habits with negative effects like procrastination. Having a time for work and play has been beautifully balanced by the Grange hostel, as I work hard, time is still made for me to play and enjoy myself.
At the end of term, hostel organises parties where we get to participate in different activities and enjoy a lot of food with our friends. I have to say that it has helped to learn how to tolerate people better. Being able to stay with students older than me has helped me to mature better. The seniors are always there to help with work, to give valuable advice and give constructive criticism, I don’t know what I would have done without them.
Hostel has helped me achieve so many things in my stay at Grange and I’m so happy to have had this opportunity.
I joined Grange school in September 2015, meaning I also joined hostel four years ago as well. It is surprising to say the least that I will soon be rolling my suitcase out of the boarding house, and not just for the weekend but permanently. I remember moving into my room with anxiety in my stomach. I wasn't really used to sleeping anywhere other than home. Now hostel has become a second home to me.
Over the course of the years, being a boarder has equipped me with some skills truly needed in life. My experience, I would say, has more or less prepared me for the future. It has groomed me and transformed me from the shy girl who walked into the gates of hostel, to the confident and independent student leader I am today. I will definitely say that hostel is responsible for providing me with situations, whether purposely or not, where I had to show signs of independence and improve my level of maturity in order to handle certain situations, individually or with assistance.
As well as that, being in hostel has taught me some basic skills like time-management. I have improved immensely in the way that I go about and the amount of time I spend on some specific projects because I have learned to adjust to a system of no procrastinating, in order to get work done and to have a productive day. I must admit, I would not be shaped and molded into the person I am today if not for the constructive criticism of the houseparents, who have the best interest of all their students at heart, and are always willing to lend you their undivided attention.
Another major role-player in my experience here is the atmosphere it creates. It has provided a foundation for the making of life-long friendships, which I have made myself, but it also depicts an academically sound environment, meaning you must be determined to work hard and be nothing but focused in order to achieve your goals. There would be no vibrancy or excitement in me if not for the tightly bonded friendships I have formed in hostel.
As a boarder, I also had to learn the importance of proper teamwork and it helped me enable myself work with different types of people in order to be more productive, both as a student and a leader. As the Boarding House Prefect, I would be honoured to partake in the improvement of hostel by using the skills I have gained whilst my stay here. I am already filled with a sense of achievement for being given a post which puts me in charge of a fraction of the school community. I believe I would be a role model to the rest of the hostel, as well as be able to help them with their problems, no matter how small. I hope to introduce new challenges and responsibilities amongst younger students which I have not yet considered.
I look forward to the opportunities that require me to have an effective input, and all in all the responsibility that lies with handling this community, with the Almighty God on my side.
I joined Grange House in Year 8, which was my first year in Grange School, and the reason why I was in hostel was because I resided in England. The first term was actually very tough for me, especially being homesick and coming to a completely different environment, where I haven’t been before, meeting new people and seeing new things, I honestly thought it was going to be a very bad experience but things changed the day I started, I got to be friends with the boys in my unit and make brotherly friendships, I become closer with students in different years and have definitely made life long relationships.
The Grange House is very fun as you are with your friends throughout the week which also helped in boosting my academic performance as I have fellow students around me that are good in different subjects to guide me and teach me when I need help. The experience is definitely one I wouldn’t want to have missed out on. Our houseparents are also amazing as they help and support you along your adventurous journey in Grange, giving you advice, moral support, and pushing you beyond your limits, I personally consider them more of family, as they portray the exact same traits as which a mother or father would.
The activities are honestly spectacular, at the end of term we normally have an outing, which is always fun, whether its going out to the cinema or having a meal, it’s always one of the best parts of the term. Weekends in hostel are normally very fun too, we normally go outside and play board games on a Saturday or watch a movie or go to get ice cream on a Sunday after church.
Being in hostel has definitely helped me grow and settle in easily, make friends and become more independent and it is something that should be experienced!