Houses
The Upper School boys' houses are:
- East Town (day)
- Moberly's House (boarding)
- North Town (day)
- School House (boarding)
- South Town (day)
- Watson's House (boarding)
- Wiseman's House (boarding)
The girls' houses are:
- Hallward's House (day with 6th form boarding)
- Oakeley's House (boarding)
- West Town (day)
- Worcester House (boarding)
Before 1987, Clifton was a boys-only school with seven boarding houses (School House, Brown's, Watson's, Dakyn's, Oakeley's, Wiseman's, Polack's) and three day houses (East Town, North Town and The South Town). Polack's House, which took Jewish boys only, was closed in 2005. It is traditional that day-pupil only houses are known as "Towns" and any house that admits boarders "Houses".
The prefix "The" to The South Town originates from the first boys' day house: "The Town". When attendance became too large, the decision was made to split the house into two new ones: "South Town" and "North Town". To decide which house would remain in the building a football match was played; as South Town won the game, they stayed in the original building and kept the prefix "The".
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