School Tie Colour
Red, green, purple, yellow and blue are the tie colours representing each year group. When a student joins in year 7, they are given the colour which was the colour to the year 11 the previous academic year. This tie colour remains the same for the remainder of their time in school until reaching sixth form.
Prior to 1980, the school was divided into four houses each with a different tie and badge colours: Faraday(green), Shaftsbury(red), Wellington(yellow) and Churchill(blue). Each pupil would remain in their respective house until they left school. In or around 1968, a special sixth form badge was created and in addition, School Prefects would be entitled to wear a special tie with the standard school motif of a Viking ship upon it. All of this was created to show that the individual had grown to senior status within the school system and was highly thought of as an individual.
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