The Pastoral Care at Maritzburg College

Pastoral Care at Maritzburg College is a whole-school programme working towards building a community within the school, creating supportive systems and positive relations between all members of the Maritzburg College community, and promoting a strong ethos of mutual care and concern – a brotherhood or a sense of brothers for life.

Our programme aims to enhance for each boy, his:

• Building value and virtue based character
• Health, safety and well-being
• Academic growth
• Development of self-discipline
• Building of resilience
• Gaining of self confidence in social interactions
• Practising servant leadership

The Pastoral Care Programme includes:

• a formal Pastoral Care curricula educating boys on College values and psycho-social issues during formalised, timetabled Mentoring lessons
• mentoring on a one on one basis during some Mentoring lessons to build a healthy pupil-staff relationship
• an individual focus with reaction, intervention and prevention programmes in place to serve pupils with difficulties or challenges in their lives

The Pastoral Care Programme at Maritzburg College consists of:

• A House Mentorship
• A Leadership Department
• A Counselling Department
• A Career Guidance and Development Department