House System
The school has 7 houses, all named after famous women: Austen, Bronte, Curie, Franklin, Hepworth, Johnson, Seacole. The assigned colour of the house that a student belongs to is displayed as a small stag on their blouse collar. The colours are as follows:
- Austen - Red
- Bronte - Yellow
- Curie - Green
- Franklin - Orange
- Hepworth - Blue
- Johnson - Silver
- Seacole - Purple
Each house has a head of house (staff) and either one or two house captains elected from the Lower 6th. The house system encourages a positive competitive nature in sports and competitions. There are a number of big events covered by the house system every year. The Christmas Fair includes stalls from each house competing for three awards: 'Best Stall', 'Best Display' and 'Best over all contribution to the Fair'. There is also an inter-house Easter event which has a different theme every year. In 2011 it was 'One, Two, Glee....Go!', an event where each house had to present a piece by a specific artist. There is also a themed 'House Challenge Day' every year, where each house has various tasks to fulfill to make up a final score. The winning house gets a large amount of house points to add to their total.
The previous house system had seven houses, all named after planets: Krypton (the home planet of superman), Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Pluto.
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