Students and The House System
There are approximately 1,700 students of some 28 different nationalities enrolled in the school. Students are accepted from many feeder primary schools in the English Schools Foundation such as Kowloon Junior School, Beacon Hill School, Clearwater Bay School, (and also some students from Bauhinia School and other English Schools Foundation schools.)
The house system is the basis for all school competitions. Each student at KGV belongs to a house, named after former members of staff.
The houses, and their associated colors, are as follows:
- Crozier (green) - a teacher who fought to defend Hong Kong in WWII.
- Nightingale (yellow) - headmaster who first asked for a new school building, which is now the current school site.
- Rowell (blue) - a teacher who designed part of the current site of the school.
- Upsdell (red) - the first headmaster to serve in the school building located at the current school site.
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