Class and Year Groups

Each year group of approximately 180 pupils is split into 6 classes, one for each of the School houses.  These class groups remain together through years 7 to 11, meeting for registration and form periods daily, and are taught as a class group in the younger years. A strong sense of coherence and team working is developed over these years, reinforced when each class goes together to our Field Centre in year 7 and again in year 9. Each form has a form tutor who has day to day responsibility for our pupils' welfare whilst they are in the school.  In the lower school this teacher takes lessons with the form on personal and social education.

Each year group has a teacher as Head of Year who stays with the year group from Year 7 to Year 11 and so gets to know everyone very well.  Year Heads are generally the primary point of contact for parents wishing to discuss progress or problems with the school.