Take a closer look at the experience our Day Houses can offer
Day pupils enjoy all the opportunities that a boarding school offers. They are fully integrated into school life, with the flexibility to stay late and benefit from evening co-curricular activities and talks if they choose.
We have pupils who travel in from all over Kent as well as those local to Canterbury. The three Day Houses offer them a base with everything they need to get the most out of their King’s experience.
All three are equally well-equipped and staffed by passionate tutors who take a genuine interest in each individual under their care, but each offers something slightly unique.
Mitchinson’s
Mitchinson’s is the most modern building of the three Day Houses, having been opened in February 2018. Until then, the house was based in the Mint Yard.
Its new building – which was formerly the auto works building where the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars were housed – in St Radigund’s Street at the heart of the city and less than a five-minute walk from the Cathedral Precincts.
Modern, spacious studies offer conducive environments for working while comfortable communal areas give space for socialising.
Marlowe
Located just off Green Court in the centre of school, Marlowe is in the thick of the action.
Named after the poet and former King’s pupil Christopher Marlowe (OKS 1579-81), it has a rich sense of history. The building was acquired by the school in 1936 and the studies are named after Marlowe’s characters, while some fascinating archive material on the writer himself is displayed on the stairs leading to the Housemaster’s study.
The occupant of the study is history teacher Mr Harrison, whose enthusiasm creates a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Carlyon
Like the other two Day Houses, Carlyon offers a vibrant central hub. It is well located in the middle of school so that pupils can easily walk to classrooms within the Precincts or out to the various buildings we occupy around the city.
The buildings were previously used as shops in Palace Street but were repurposed in 2005 along with an attractive courtyard garden.
