House System
On entry to the school, pupils are placed into one of six Houses, which compete against each other in sports and other activities. The Houses each have a local historical association, and assigned colours:
Ruskin: Yellow and black (named after John Ruskin, the poet)
Woodcote: Green and black (a part of Wallington noted in Roman area records)
Radcliffe: Navy and sky blue (named after John Radcliffe, the 17th century physician, and sometime area resident)
Mandeville: Maroon and white (named after Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville, resident and landholder after the Norman Conquest and mentioned in the Domesday book)
Bridges: Blue and White (named after sometime area resident, Canon Alexander Henry Bridges, Rector of Beddington)
Carew: Blue and red. (a reference to a family of nobility resident in the area in Tudor times, the Carews)
The House system is run by House Masters - teachers who direct the Houses, and House captains - senior students responsible for day-to-day House activities.
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