Traditions
- The name of every head boy of the school is written on two boards in the school's main hall.
- Each house has its own colour, shown on the school uniform ties. The colours used to be on the boys' caps, but these are no longer worn. Red denotes Broughton, Brown for Harrisons', Yellow for Leicester, Purple for Pearce, Blue for Stapylton and Green for Underne.
- Different ties are used denote achievement or position, e.g. school prefects can be identified with their ties which are patterned with thick light-blue stripes.
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