House system Each boy is allocated to one of eight Day Houses, becoming a member ‘for life’ under the guidance of their Housemaster. Brothers, sons and grandsons follow each other into the same House, a tradition which encourages a fierce but healthy loyalty. The House system also supports the pastoral care of the boys by ensuring that each of them identifies with a smaller ‘vertical’ community, made up of pupils from every Year group from Year 3 to Year 13, within the wider College community. There are inter-House competitions in numerous sporting and cultural activities including: Music, Art, Photography, Poetry Recitation, Art, Chess, Debating, General Knowledge, Drama, Cross Country, Athletics, Football, Hockey, Cricket, Rugby and Patball. Lower School House colours are awarded to a boy for an outstanding contribution to the House during his time in the Lower School. “What I like best is being in a school where I have teachers that I can talk to whenever I want.”
Charity and Service Being a pupil at the College is a wonderful opportunity, and it also means we have an important job: looking out for others - locally, nationally, and globally. We want every pupil to get involved! You’ll be encouraged to host fun events and take part in activities to raise money and awareness and help people who need it. Every year, we choose a special College Charity of the Year. We focus our main fundraising efforts on this cause to make a real difference. Recent examples include Emmaus Homelessness Charity, Spring Community Hub, and The Uganda School Project. Through our amazing charity events - like cake sales, exciting penalty shoot-outs, a sponsored ‘no homework’ day, and many more creative ideas - we raise tens of thousands of pounds for our chosen charity. We also support other important causes throughout the year with special, one-off events, such as Movember and Save the Children. We have a big and very active Lower School Charity Committee. This is a fantastic way to share your ideas and help choose how we support our chosen charities. If you are interested in joining, please chat with your Form Tutor first. Each year, we dedicate a whole day to Service. Every pupil in the Senior School gets out into the community to help. This might mean clearing up local parks, picking up litter, or volunteering at local primary schools. It’s a day when we all work together. Kindness and empathy (caring about how others feel) are at the heart of our school. It’s truly wonderful to see our pupils show such maturity and willingness to think about giving back and serving the wider world.
Ties
The College colours are black and blue, and these are used on the standard College tie. Boys, however, can be awarded ties for contributions to activities, such as Sport, Music or Drama, as well as being awarded a tie by the various societies in the College. Collecting a range of such ties is very popular with pupils (there are over 80 different ties!) and they are worn with pride. “One of my favourite things is the number of ties on offer; this allows boys to express themselves and show what they enjoy doing.”
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