The Cross

Situated at the heart of the village, The Cross is an old coaching house which became a boys’ boarding house in 1880. It was refurbished in 2001/2002 at a cost of about £1 million and currently houses 45 boarders and 10 day boys.

There are 16 single bedrooms that are mostly allocated to Sixth Form boys. The rest of the boys live in double or treble rooms. Day boys are fully integrated, sharing study bedrooms with the boarders. Most bedrooms have a sink unit, all have a full complement of matching furniture and a network socket so that the boys can access their userwork on their laptop or desktop computers. Bathrooms and shower rooms have been upgraded significantly; there is a private bath on each floor and individual shower pods replacing the central changing rooms that existed prior to the refurbishment.

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House Parents

S. Earwicker, B.A., M.Phil
Housemaster

Simon Earwicker, Housemaster of The Cross, and his wife Helen, who is the Relief Matron, have two children. Alice, who is nine, is in Year 5 at Foremarke. James is six and he is in Year 2 at Newton Solney School. Simon, the former Head of Department, teaches English and coaches boys’ games.

Dan Clark, who is the Head of the Ethical and Religious Studies Department, is the Resident Tutor. The non-residential team includes two former Resident Tutors, Tom Naylor and David Exley, Martin Jones, an old boy of the House and the School’s Director of Hockey Coaching, and Gary Lawrence, Contingent Commander of the CCF.