Houses
The school now has six day houses - Holden, Rigaud, Sherrington, School, Broke and Felaw - into which all pupils are filtered from year 9/Upper 6th Form onwards, and a single large boarding house - Westwood. Those with relatives who attended the school are generally expected to be placed in the same house. There is a good deal of competition between the houses and every year, the houses compete for the Ganzoni Cup (house cup), which is won by gaining points from winning inter-house events. These include most sports as well as others such as debating and art. The final and most important event is Sports Day, in the Summer Term, on which the athletics competitions take place. Felaw has won more times than any other house, with Rigaud in second place; it is believed that School has not won since the days of the reign of Queen Victoria. However, School is the oldest house and dates from the days when the boys lived and were taught in one house (called School House). It later became the boarding house which occupied a part of the main building on Henley Road.
| House | House Colours |
|---|---|
| Sherrington | Maroon/Yellow |
| Felaw | Brown/Blue |
| School | Navy/Yellow |
| Broke | Purple/Yellow |
| Holden | Scarlet/Yellow |
| Rigaud | Green/Yellow |
| Westwood | Grey/Black |
The school's single large boarding house is called Westwood. Westwood is no longer a part of the school house system where students were organised into school houses depending on which boarding house they were in. For example Sherrington House occupied Highwood and, as previously mentioned, School House occupied part of the main Victorian building on Henley Road. A large percentage of the pupils who occupy Westwood today are overseas students, often Asian, nearly 80% are Chinese.
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