The house system and house competitions build community spirit, allowing students to learn the importance of teamwork and to build on leadership skills. Students are passionate about their house and the competition programme is a key part of school life. House competition points are allocated to each house at the end of every competition and it’s an annual race to see which house will be the top at the end of the year.
Students meet in their houses most days and quickly become house-proud. The houses are vertical (mixed year levels), which allows the senior students opportunities to help new students become orientated to the school.
Each house has a housemaster who is the pastoral care teacher for the students in the house. For many parents and families, a student’s housemaster is the first point of contact at St Paul’s for successes, concerns or challenges. Housemasters are supported by an associate housemaster, deputy housemasters, matron, residential assistants, Headmaster, associate headmaster, deputy headmasters, chaplain, counsellor and nurse.
