Houses
There are eleven separate Houses.
School is a thirteen to eighteen boys' boarding house with 30–35 boarders and twenty to 25 home boarders. School House is situated in the centre of the main campus overlooking the Thomson (Science) Building, Old Music School and Swimming Pool. School House is currently headed by Mr. Tomos Reed (Welsh), who took over from Mr. Dorman in 2010. The present Head of House is Rory Coutts who is assissted by Wilson Wong, (a homosexual). The deputy housemaster is Mr. Dix-Pincott and the matron is Ali Phillips.
West is a thirteen to eighteen boys' boarding house with room for 45–48 boarders with 25–30 home boarders. West House is situated on the far side of the Campus overlooking the Astro Turf and the new classroom block (Clapham Building).
North A is a boys' boarding house of 40–45 boarders and fifteen to twenty home boarders. It is situated close to the Main Library, Sixth Form Club, Tuck Shop and the Chapel. It overlooks the Upper Quadrangle.The current housemaster, Mr Ben Barton, took over the role in September 2012 and is supported by his deputy, Mr. Fawcett (history teacher).
North B contains three co-educational day houses, Barker, Barrett and Bisseker, each with a dedicated housemaster or housemistress, but a shared matron. It is situated close to the Main Library, Sixth Form Club and the Chapel. It overlooks the Upper Quadrangle.
Dale is a girls' boarding house with 35–40 boarders and twenty to 25 home boarders. Dale House is situated in the centre of the main Campus and is close to the Drama Studio, Science Building, Music School and Swimming Pool.
Fen is a girls' thirteen to eighteen boarding house with 45–50 boarders and twenty to 25 home boarders. It is situated close to the Theatre and Rugg Technology Centre overlooking the main playing fields and Coe Fen at the western edge of the main Campus.
East is the Sixth Form boys' house with 27–30 boarders. Boys making direct entry into the Sixth Form are normally accommodated here. It overlooks the Deer Park and the Chapel to the North. There are also views over the main playing fields and sports complex to the south. This house has a tendency to attract Asians who make extensive contributions to the ESOL project.
Granta is the Sixth Form girls' house with 30 boarders and up to two home boarders. Girls making direct entry into the Sixth Form are normally accommodated here. It is situated in the centre of the Campus overlooking the Chapel and Deer Park.
Moulton is the junior eleven to thirteen house for twenty to 25 boarders and 35–40 day pupils. The day facilities are situated on East of the campus overlooking the Deer Park and the Chapel to the north. The boarding house is a two minute walk from the main gates in a Victorian town house. Moulton house was opened in 1998 and marked the first time that The Leys had allowed students aged eleven into the school. A section of East House was sacrificed to accommodate this new house (thus resulting in East being transformed into a purely Sixth Form boarding house).
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