Houses

All pupils are members of a house. There are twelve boarding houses and three day houses. 

Six boarding houses are for boys: 

• Galpin's
• The Grange
• Linacre
• Meister Omers
• School House
• Tradescant  

Six boarding houses are for girls:

• Bailey (a Sixth Form house)
• Broughton
• Harvey
• Jervis
• Luxmoore
• Walpole

There are also three mixed day houses:

• Carlyon
• Marlowe
• Mitchinson's

Each house is in the care of a resident Housemaster or Housemistress, who is likely to be one of the most influential people in a pupil's school career, assisted by a Matron and a team of five or more tutors.

In date the buildings range from Meister Omers (13th century) to Harvey House (opened in 1999) and the New Grange (opened in 2007). 

Pupils identify strongly with their house (it is after all home for them during term) and there are many inclusive activities such as house concerts, house plays and charity fund raising events.

Boys and girls boarding houses are 'twinned' for social events as well as house plays and concerts.

There is friendly rivalry in keenly contested inter-house sport and events such as the house song competition. However, the overall ethos of the School outweighs local differences between houses.