Lancing College - School Life

School Life

The school day begins with 'Roll Call' at 8.15 and ends around 6pm with sports during the afternoons of alternate days. At 7pm there are two hours of 'evening school' where pupils are expected to remain in their studies and complete any prep that may have been set during the academic day. Pupils are also expected to attend lessons on Saturday mornings.

The college is divided up into houses, each house resident to between 30 and 80 pupils.

House Colours Number Gender Type Housemaster/mistress Named after
Head's Red/Rose 1 M Day Mr A Chappell formerly The Head Master's House
Second's Silver/Maroon 2 M Boarding Mr D Connolly formerly The Second Master's House
School Purple/Silver 3 M Boarding Mr C Mole consists of the former Olds and Sanderson's (New) Houses
Field's Rose/White 4 F Boarding Mrs M Creer The Rev. Edmund Field
Gibbs' Silver/Purple 5 M Boarding Mr M J H Smith Henry Martin Gibbs
Sankey's Green 6 F Day Miss N Dragonetti John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey
Teme Green/blue 7 M Boarding Dr S Norris The River Teme
Manor Yellow 8 F Boarding Miss C Parkinson Manor house, a house of the school in the first half of the 20th century
Handford Blue 9 F Boarding Miss McKane Basil Handford

Each house has a distinctive set of 'colours' which are awarded to students for merit and/or commitment for representing the house. The award allows male students to wear a house tie.

Besides academic study pupils are involved in activities that include football, rugby, tennis, squash, badminton, lacrosse, basketball, fives, hockey, running, debating, farming, riding, clay pigeon shooting, target rifle shooting, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, sailing, and the Combined Cadet Force.

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