The House System

Every member of the Longdean community, students and staff, as well as being in a tutor group and a year group, belongs to a House. The Houses: Da Vinci; Franklin; Gates and Pascal, are all named after leaders in their field, strivers, achievers and positive role models.

As House members all students have a wide range of opportunities to work together and ‘compete’ against other students, the other Houses and even against themselves, earning House points in the process.

	Da Vinci	Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer
	Franklin	Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat
	Gates	Bill Gates (1955 - ) American computer programmer and entrepreneur
	Pascal	Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and master of prose