Why does your son/daughter need a Guardian?

The UK Boarder Agency, who is responsible for student VISAs, and Boarding Schools require that all students, whose families live overseas, have a legal guardian resident in the UK to act for them when the school is closed and at other times, such as illness or when there is a need for disciplinary action.

Whilst the school, and in particular your child's housemaster or housemistress, takes responsibility for academic matters and day to day welfare during the school term, there are times during the term and more especially outside term time, when the school must be able to hand over these responsibilities to a properly appointed legal Guardian.

Quest Guardians responsibilities include:

• acting on your behalf in cases of the unexpected or of an emergency and in situations where you are unable to do so due to distance or timing;
• looking after your child's welfare in the UK when the school is closed for holidays;
• providing a host family for your child to stay with at Half Term, for Exeat weekends and on other occasions as required;
• assisting you with things your child may need - school uniform, sports equipment, phone cards, mobile phone, UK mobile sim card, etc.;
• helping you arrange your child's travel both in the UK (taxi, train or bus) and back home (flight bookings, transfers);
• being available for your child at all times, particularly when you or he/she are worried about things like work, school, friends;
• helping you and your child if things go wrong -

  - if your child gets into trouble at school,
  - if you have problems with immigration or passports,
  - if your child gets very ill and needs to go to hospital.