Campbell College - School Houses

School Houses

Currently there are eight Houses for dayboys and one boarding House and these form the focus for participation across the curriculum. School houses are named after former masters and those of importance in the life of the school and play an integral part in everyday life in the school. The names of the current houses and their respective colours are:

  • Alden's (Dark Green)
  • Allison's (Light Green, formerly Brown)
  • Chase's (Orange)
  • Davis's (Yellow)
  • Dobbin's (Light Blue)
  • Price's (Dark Blue)
  • School House (Boarding House) (Black)
  • Yates's (Red)

In the past there have been other Houses:

  • Armour's (Grey)
  • Bowen's (Maroon)
  • Lytle's (Dark Green)
  • Netherleigh (Junior House) (Light Blue)
  • Norwood (Junior House) (Dark Green)
  • Ormiston (Junior House) (Dark Blue)
  • Tweskard (Junior House) (Maroon)

Each house is run by a 'House Master' who is in charge of managing the house, and overseeing the 'House Tutors' all of who have allocated year groups, of which they are responsible for. Each house has a designated student who is 'Head Of House', and they usually have a Deputy, however this is not always the case. The Head Of House, along with his deputy are 6th form students who have earned responsibility within the school, and it is common place for them to also be prefects, or so called "Peer Mentors". These two students organise house sporting, charity and dramatic events, among various other things.

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