Pastoral House System

As with other schools, we have a House system and each House has its own House Leader. We aim to put all members of the same family in the same House and this includes parents that work in the school.

The House Leaders work closely with staff in school to specifically track and monitor our pupils’ ongoing ‘Personal Development’ – their Character and Culture development. They will encourage pupils’ involvement in our Personal Development Award Programme (the Priory+ Award). They will also provide enjoyable Interhouse Competitions and work with subject leaders on theirs.

This allows pupils to contribute to, and feel a valued part of, not only the whole school community and their own particular year group, but their own house – Calder, Douglas, Hodder or Ribble.

Each pupil has a tie with stripes in the colour of their House and a lanyard. All pupils and staff wear a badge in their House colour too - Blue, Red, Gold and Green.

Mrs M Cauchi, House Leader (Douglas) | Mr R Owen, House Leader (Hodder) | Mrs C Massey, House Leader (Calder) | Mr T Raynor, House Leader (Ribble)

House Competitions linked to Subject Interests 2023-24	House Competitions fostering Personal Character 2023-24	House Competitions fostering Creativity and Charity 2023-24
PE- Cross Country	Water Relay	Cake Baking Competition – In support of the McMillan Coffee Morning
Art & Design - Christmas Card Competition	Blindfold Obstacle Course	Cake Baking Competition – In support of Red Nose Day
ICT - Code Breaker	Basketball Hoop Shooting
Maths - Christmas Quizizz	Christmas Games - Limbo, Stick the red nose on the staff, Chocolate mint on your face, Pingpong in the cup
Languages - Y7 Spelling Bee x 2	Paper Ball Crazy Golf
Languages - Y8 Translation Bee	Sprout Relay
Maths - Year 10 & 11 Quizizz Competition	Connect 4 Challenge
Humanities - House Quiz	Departments run competitions have also taken place
English World Book Day Competition
Languages - Year 9 Competition
Science - British Science Week Competition
Maths - Y7, Y8 & Y9 Quizizz Competition
Humanities - Trench Quiz
Computing - Design an App
Food Tech - Best Scones
PE - Sports Day