House System

"An incredibly successful house system... As a pupil, you do not just pay lip service to a house, the affiliation you have with it runs deep."
- Good Schools Guide, 2025

The House system enables us to create cohesive communities. Each House is a physical location where pupils meet their tutors and Housemaster or Housemistress.  It provides easy and appropriate channels of communication for pupils and is the base from which they operate each day. House tutors have weekly pastoral time with their tutees.

Junior Houses

• Students in Years 7 and 8 (Lower 3 and Form 3) have their own co-educational Houses: Baines and Brownlow.
• Their aim is to support new students in their transition from junior to senior school. 

Senior Houses

• There are 7 senior (13-18 year olds) Houses at Prior, all are single sex with a mix of day and boarding students. 
• Each House has an individual identity and are families for our students to return to, where strong bonds of friendship are formed and pupils look out for one another.
• Kindness, self-respect, mutual support and respect for others are instantly evident, along with friendly rivalry and competition.

Inter-House competitions include:

• Junior & Senior House Music Competitions
• Junior & Senior Debating
• General Knowledge Quiz
• Sports Day
• Fisher Road Relay
• Inter-House Football

"House events, like house music, are major events in the school calendar – all are involved and truly work hard to make their house proud."
- Good Schools Guide, 2025