Houses
The senior school has had 2 house systems. Prior to the amalgamation, the girls' school did not have a house system; the boys' school had five houses (each having its own flag - the house logo on a dark blue background):
- Argonauts (Motto: Ludite integre; nollite cessare)
- Adventurers (Motto: Redde cuique quod suum est)
- Lancastrians (Motto: Vel primus, vel cum primis)
- St Johns (Motto: Pro Domo)
- Templars (Motto: Quo non audebis, eo non habesis)
The boys' junior school had a separate system of four houses.
Post amalgamation (1999), four houses were established:
- Ashton
- Lowther
- Talbot
- Clifton
All the houses have a house leader and a group of captains.
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