House System
In its days as a boarding school pupils at Exhall Grange were placed into one of six houses, each of which had approximately 50 boarding and day pupils ranging in age from 5 to 18. The school was unusual in that all meals were taken in houses, as opposed to a central dining system. The boys' houses were named Canterbury, Lancaster, Warwick and Windsor. The girls' houses were Avon and Kenilworth. A seventh house, York House, was used for staff accommodation.
Beginning in September 1988 the house system was changed so that pupils were accommodated in various age groups. Canterbury and Lancaster housed juniors and those in the first, second and third years. Warwick housed fourth and fifth year pupils and Windsor accommodated boys from the sixth form. Avon and Kenilworth became Avon Junior and Avon Senior. Three superhouses were then created for the purpose of sporting activities. These were named Phoenix, Wyvern and Yale.
As the school's role changed during the 1990s and 2000s, much of the boarding accommodation was gradually done away with. Warwick and Windsor were the first houses to close in the early 1990s, followed later by Avon. Lancaster and Canterbury (by then known collectively as Lancaster) were the final houses to close when the school ceased to be a boarding school in 2004. The only boarding accommodation offered on the site now is at Rushton Hall. Today the houses are Easter - Pink, Edison - Green, Hawking - Orange and Ingram - Purple. In Summer 2012 Students in Years 7-10 hosted an Inter-House Olympics Event to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics being hosted by London it started with a torch relay then an afternoon of Olympic themed events.
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