Houses
| House Name | Composition | Colours | Named after | Motto | Founded | Housemaster/Mistress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr (C) | Boarding/Day Boys | Dr. William Carr | Pro Christo et Patria Dulce Periculum | 1883 | Mike Day | |
| Crawfurd (Cr) | Boarding/Day Girls | Sir Raymond Crawfurd, Member and former Chairman of Council | Durum Patientia Frango | 1935 as a Day Boys House | Helen Keevil | |
| Fayrer (Fa) | Boarding Boys | Sir Joseph Fayrer | Quo Aequior eo Melior | 1897 as a Junior Boys House | Stuart Head | |
| Forest (F) | Boarding Boys | An early College Benefactor | Semper Forestia | 1883 | Jim Stephens | |
| Granville (G) | Boarding Boys | Earl Granville | Frangas non flectes | 1883 as 'Gilchrist'. Renamed 1884. | Rob Young | |
| Hart Smith | Closed 1965 | Former Headmaster Rev. T.N. Hart-Smith-Pearse | 1931 for Foundationers aged under 13 | n/a | ||
| Holman (H) | Boarding Boys | Treasurer Sir Constantine Holman | 1897 as a Junior Boys House | Ian Holiday | ||
| Propert (P) | Day Boys | Founder John Propert | Dyfalad | 1883 as Boarding Boys House | Andy Wolstenholme | |
| Raven (Rv) | Day Girls | Dame Kathleen Raven, Member of Council | Faith in Adversity | 1999 | Chris Baverstock | |
| Robinson (Rn) | Day Boys | Henry Robinson, Chairman of Council | Virtute non Verbis | 1968 | Charles Conway | |
| Rosebery (R) | Day Girls | The Earl of Rosebery | 1926 as a day boys house became girls in 2008 | Katie Cloonan | ||
| White House (Wh) | Boarding 6th form Girls | Original Building Name | 1976 | Celine Winmill | ||
| Wilson (W) | Boarding Girls | Sir Erasmus Wilson | Expecta Cuncta Superna | 1871, as an independent Boarding Boys House, named 1883 & incorporated into the College 1914. | Kirsty Todd |
House colours are seen in the stripes in the ties worn by the majority of boys (those not wearing colours or prefects' ties); on a rectangular brooch worn by the girls; and at the neck of school pullovers. They are also used in house rugby and athletics tops. }
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“You know, what I very well know, that I bought you. And I know, what perhaps you think I don’t know, you are now selling yourselves to somebody else; and I know, what you do not know, that I am buying another borough. May God’s curse light upon you all: may your houses be as open and common to all Excise Officers as your wifes and daughters were to me, when I stood for your scoundrel corporation.”
—Anthony Henley (d. 1745)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 8:12-14.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)