It was once thought that a strict ethos and long periods away from home were all that was needed to toughen up young men at boarding schools.

But now Eton College is advertising for a clinical psychologist deliver a “resilience programme” for students.

The public school in Berkshire, near Windsor, which has educated 19 British prime ministers, already has a Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist to provide “cognitive behavioural treatments” for its 1,300 male students.

The institution’s headmaster Simon Henderson has previously spoken of his plans develop emotional intelligence in his pupils and provide them with a “holistic, rounded” education.