Houses
There are 6 houses in the Senior School named after previous headmasters and notable old boys of the school. Boys wear a standard red and blue school tie until they achieve 6 house points, at which point they are awarded the right to wear a house tie of navy blue with thin stripes of the following colours:
- Green: Alverstone house, named after Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone (barrister, politician and Judge, died 1915)
- Blue: Glenesk house, named after Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (journalist, editor and newspaper proprietor, died 1908)
- Purple: Kingsley house, named after Henry Kingsley (gold prospector, mounted policeman, novelist, newspaper editor and war correspondent, died 1876)
- Red: Layton house, named after Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton (economist, editor and newspaper proprietor, died 1966)
- Grey: Maclear house, named after George Frederick Maclear (the school's second Head Master, who served between 1866–1880)
- Yellow: Major house, named after John Major (the school's first Head Master, who served between 1831–1866)
House points are awarded for participation in inter-house competitions throughout the year.
Other ties include (in order of increasing seniority) School Colours (Dark blue with a single red school crest), the Prefect's tie (Red with navy blue school crests), and the Senior Prefect's tie (Navy blue with red school crests).
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