Traditions
The school has six houses, all with meaning to the school's history. They are: Cheshire, Fry, Gell, Huxley, John Miles and Windsor. Of these, Cheshire and Gell were added to the original four, after 1983 when the school expanded.
The school came up with the motto 'Abide in me', taken from the Gospel of John Ch. 13, verse 7, and which is displayed below the school crest. The school has the theme of "service", which mainly comes from the founders and is reflected in the people chosen for the house names (the school did not start with six forms of entry upon opening - throughout the 60's and into the 70's, it had a four form entry).
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