There are six houses

Founders, Hervey, Oates, Tredgold, George Grey and Chubb, each comprising the full range of year groups. Each House has a Housemaster in charge who lives nearby and makes his presence felt about the House. Every Housemaster has a House Tutor and 2 assistant tutors, and other members of staff, who assist in duties.

House Prefects. The Head of House is automatically a College Prefect and under him there are 5 or 6 house prefects, each of whom is in charge of a year group. Senior boys in the House are also required to take over various responsibilities.
The form one to form four year groups live in dormitories, overseen by a prefect whose study/bedroom is attached to the dormitory. Boys in the Upper and Lower Sixth live in their own individual study/bedrooms.
The House system is a competitive one because Houses compete with each other in a range of activities such as singing, drama, and the full range of sports. The Lower Sixth boys are generally involved in the organisation of these inter-house competitions, thus assisting the Upper Sixth This also gives them training in organisation, assuming responsibility and being leaders. All these skills are needed when they become members of the Upper Sixth.
Forms one to four are responsible for cleaning their dormitories, making their beds, taking their clothes to the laundry and generally help to keep the House and its surrounds clean and tidy. The Lower Sixth clean their own studies while the Upper Sixth have study boys drawn from Form 2 to assist them.

Daily Routine

Rising Bell: 6.00am
Rest period: - 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., During this time the boys can sleep or read.
Bedtime: - Forms one and two - 9:15 p.m.; Forms three and four - 10:00 p.m.; Form 6 - 10:30 p.m. but they are permitted to work later than this.
Evening prep: Daily during the week - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for juniors and seniors. Senior boys have a second session from 8:50 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Weekends: -Rising bell is later, as is breakfast on Sundays. The boys are able to watch TV or videos or films on Saturday night. Boys also allowed bush exeats to Quiet Waters (when they have to be in a group of three) either for the day or they can on occasion spend the night there.

Exeats: Boys can either go home, or, with parental permission, may go to friends or relatives on two Fixture Frees which last from break time on a Friday to supper time on the following Monday. There is a Mid term Exeat which is a day longer. In addition there are three floating exeats but these must be spent with parents.

The virtues of the house system are that the boys are taught discipline and responsibility. As they progress their privileges increase, as does their responsibility in the House. This helps develop leadership and man-management skills. The dormitory system allows boys from very diverse backgrounds to live and work together and this fosters team spirit and camaraderie, while lasting and meaningful friendships are forged.