Year 8 Occasional Place Onboarding
Welcome back
Welcome to Habs Senior School. We are thrilled to welcome you and your child into the Habs community; this is an exciting new journey and we look forward to working closely with you to help your child achieve whatever they set their sights on.
This page includes all relevant information for your child’s start in September 2026. This will also include a detailed booklet with information on how we care for your child, how we keep in touch with you as well as overall school life including the school timetable, uniform, travelling to school etc.
The page will be updated throughout this term, so please do check in regularly.
Middle School Year 8 welcome booklet
Click the image to review the booklet
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Letter from our CFOO
Please read this letter from our Chief Financial & Operating Officer. There is a reminder about how we invoice termly school fees, our updated T&Cs, music lesson prices and also lunch fees, pre-paid lunch booking and devices (for Senior School only)
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Finance
The Autumn Term invoice will be issued on or before 31 July 2026, with payment due to be collected by Direct Debit on 7 September 2026.
Please ensure that your completed Direct Debit mandate is submitted to feesboys@habselstree.org.uk in advance of the collection date. You may wait until you receive your first invoice before doing so.
Should you have any questions regarding fees or billing, please contact the Fees Office at feesboys@habselstree.org.uk.
| Letter regarding fees |
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| FEES IN ADVANCE CALCULATOR | FEES IN ADVANCE APPLICATION FORM | FEES IN ADVANCE T&Cs | |
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Insurance schemes
We offer a pupil absence and also a pupil healthcare insurance scheme. Details can be found on the links below. Please read the pupil insurance scheme letter update first.
| PUPIL INSURANCE SCHEME LETTER UPDATE | MARSH PUPIL ABSENCE INSURANCE SCHEME | AXA PUPIL HEALTHCARE SCHEME SUMMARY | AXA PUPIL HEALTHCARE SCHEME HANDBOOK |
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Coach Service
*Bookings are now open*
Please read the Vectare transport management letter
| COACH BOOKING 2026-7 | VECTARE TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT LETTER |
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Habs Parent App Information
You will be emailed your log in details in July.
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Trips
If there are any letters for upcoming Year 8 trips, we will add them here. In the meantime please see examples of our trips in this booklet. Click the image below.
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Skylight, end of term newsletter
Read our Spring edition of Skylight – our end of Term newsletter (click the image below)
Don’t forget to come back here to read Skylight in July, to see a glimpse of school life over the Summer Term.
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Mobile Phone Policy
From September 2026 we have a new mobile policy. It is important you read the letter below.
| NEW MOBILE PHONE POLICY |
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Device information
Please read the below letter about your child’s device and please sign the agreement within the letter.
Policies to read
Please ensure you and your child have read and understood the following policies
| ANTI-BULLYING | behaviours, rewards and sanctions | Acceptable Use |
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Helping your child get ‘School Ready’ with Tooled Up Education
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Uniform
Our suppliers, Uniform4Kids, are a local family-run business and have five stores located nearby as well as having an online store.
Click here for information on how to book a uniform fitting appointment.
Habs Boys September 2026 uniform list
Price list
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Mobile phone policy
We have a new mobile phone policy from September. It is very important you need the letter below.
| No smart phones |
Collecting Student mobile phone numbers – Year 7 to Year 13
We also collect student mobile phone numbers. This will help us contact students quickly during trips, emergencies, or other safeguarding situations where direct communication is necessary.
| STUDENT PHONE NUMBER FORM |
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Summer reading list
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Music lessons
Click the image to review the booklet
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Summer holiday music courses
Click the image below for more information
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Sport
Please take time to read about sport at Habs. Click on the images below.
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Click on the image below to read our Spring Term’s Sporting Success newsletter.
Mouthguard information for Rugby and Hockey
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Habs Summer Fair
Each year the Boys’ School and Girls’ School Parent Guilds take it in turns to host the Summer Fair. This year the Habs Boys Parent Guild will be running the event. The summer fair is a super day out, across the entire campus.
Click on the image below for more details and booking tickets
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Habs Fest
Habs Fest is the Habs Elstree School Music Festival. It really is a brilliant afternoon of music. This year the HBPG Summer Fair will run alongside us – another reason to pop along!
Click on the image below for more details and booking tickets
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Activities and Holiday Camps
Our Summer holiday activities and holiday camps are ready to book!
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