Our House System

The present House system was introduced in 1926 (before then there had been the Goths and Vikings, and the Saxons for the Junior Technical School). The stained glass windows for each House in the Library were produced for the opening of the new school when it moved to its present site in 1938.  Therefore there are only windows for the four original Houses.

Cliff

Blue tie and sports shirts – students from the west of the Borough.

The stained glass window in the Library reflects the cement, paper and barge industries, plus references to the Roman camp at Springhead and to St John Franklin who sailed from Greenhithe on his last voyage. It includes the quote from Franklin, “I have been prompted to venture by an imperious sense of duty.”  The name is derived from Overcliffe.

Downs

Yellow tie and sports shirts – students from the south of the Borough.

The stained glass window in the Library reflects the old Kent countryside, the Pilgrims’ Way and Geoffrey Chaucer, including the quote from Chaucer, “Truth is the highest thing to keep.”

Hill

Green tie and sports shirts – students from the east of the Borough.

The stained glass window in the Library reflects Windmill Hill and Gad’s Hill, with Charles Dickens.  It includes the quote from Dickens, “A man in any station can do his duty.”