The school maintained a strict system of uniform throughout all years, including the sixth form. The uniform consisted of a dark green blazer, dark trousers, white shirt and a green tie striped with the correct form the pupil was placed into. In the senior school (years 9-13), ties were also green and striped as previously mentioned. Some pupils also became eligible to wear ties in recognition of other achievement. House 'colours' were similar to the house tie but with a white stripe running along each side of the coloured stripe. School 'colours' were a single white school crest on a dark green tie with a white stripe. There were also 'colours' for sport and music, which consist of a repeating pattern of white stripes and the school crest and were earned by representing the school's first team in 75% of the matches in a season. The school had a house system with the junior school consisting of years 7 and 8. From year 9, the pupils joined the senior houses. In total there were 8 houses, 4 junior school houses and 4 senior school houses. In the senior houses pupils wore a tie indicative of their house. In year 12 (or lower sixth) the form groups were split into two. The nomenclature for representing a pupil's house was: 7M, 11P, 12T(ii)  The current house system involves the same four houses for all years - 7 to 13, and are represented in the form of Year Number, House Initials, Gender. For example: 7TSB, 9KHG, 10MSG, 10RPB. There are many different competitions throughout the school year in which the houses are crucial, i.e. the Swimming Gala, and the Music Cup. Depending on how well the houses do, they gain points in different integers. All ties for both senior and junior site consist of a green tie striped with the appropriate colours named below:  Current houses  Previous houses  Previous senior houses  The house system was used for sporting events - house fixtures results accumulate over the academic year - and for various other competitions, including acting and design contests. The results from all of these fixtures were tallied at the end of each year to determine the winner of the Cock House Trophy. Throughout the school year, the houses took part in competition cups, which contribute points toward the Cock House Cup. These included the Taylor Acting Cup, Larkin Music Cup, Chapman Design Cup and the Curzon Picture debating competition. Also, sports day events and general achievement contribute towards house points totals.