Houses
Like many independent schools Rossall adopted a house system early on, with each pupil belonging to a house. It forms an integral part of life at the school and there are frequent inter-house events in sports as well as the arts. The middle school houses are used simply as a means to compete in competition. The senior school house have this purpose too but are also physical entities with their own buildings. The current houses are:
| House Name | Student's Gender | Part of: | House Colours | Founded | House Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2004 | Boarding | |
| Dragon | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2006 | Day | |
| Falcon | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2006 | Day | |
| Stag's Head | Boys + Girls | Middle School | 2006 | Day | |
| Lugard | Boys | Senior School | 1985 | Boarding + Day | |
| Puffin | Girls | Senior School | 2011 | Boarding + Day | |
| Dolphin | Girls | Senior School | 1980 | Day | |
| Maltese Cross | Boys | Senior School | 1886 | Boarding + Day | |
| Mitre Fleur-de-Lys | Boys | Senior School | 1975 | Boarding + Day | |
| Pelican | Boys | Senior School | 1888 | Boarding + Day | |
| Rose | Girls | Senior School | 1884 | Boarding + Day | |
| Spread Eagle | Boys | Senior School | 1868 | Boarding + Day | |
| Wren | Girls | Senior School | 2008 | Boarding + Day |
- Wren was originally founded in 1987 but was abolished and then re-launched in 2008. This was due to an insufficient intake of girls into the school.
- Anchor was originally formed as a boys boarding house, but was amalgamated into Maltese Cross Anchor shortly after its 100 year anniversary in 1991-92. The original colours were Brown and UN Blue, and the house was notorious for the warlike and irreverent attitude of its members, a contributory factor in its dissolution.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“It breedeth no small offence and scandal to see and consider upon the one part the curiosity and cost bestowed by all sorts of men upon their private houses; and on the other part the unclean and negligent order and spare keeping of the houses of prayer by permitting open decays and ruins of coverings of walls and windows, and by appointing unmeet and unseemly tables with foul cloths for the communion of the sacrament.”
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