Houses
Belonging, Support, and Spirit
The House Community
At Wrekin, the House system is at the heart of every pupil’s academic journey and pastoral care. Each House serves as a pupil’s practical base throughout the day; a place to register in the morning and after lunch, to sign out at the end of the day, to change for games, store belongings, and spend time with friends at break times and lunch time.
However, the role of the House goes far beyond the practical. It provides a sense of belonging and identity that lasts well beyond a pupil’s time at Wrekin. The bond pupils develop with their House is deep and enduring.
Central to this experience are the Houseparents, Assistant Houseparents, Matrons and tutors, who play a vital role in each pupil’s wellbeing. Through daily contact, often over several years, they develop strong, supportive relationships that form the foundation of pastoral care at Wrekin.
Friendly but fierce rivalries between Houses fuel a vibrant programme of inter-house competitions, which are always hotly contested and greatly enjoyed by all.
Lancaster House
Our youngest pupils join us into Lancaster House, especially designed to support our Year 7 and 8 pupils, as they start their senior school journey. It provides an extra layer of support during a formative time in their education and acts as a supportive stepping stone between primary school and a senior school education. Lancaster House moves to a new location in September 2025, to the very heart of campus. With its own private garden the ‘new’ Lancaster House, now co-educational, is a practical and pastoral hub designed to fully support our youngest pupils in every way.
Lancaster is a day House. Our younger boarders will board in either Bayley (boys) or Hadden Hall (girls). Year 7 and 8 boarders are based in Lancaster during the day, and return to their boarding houses when the school day ends.
Senior Houses
On entering Year 9, pupils join one of our senior Houses. This will become their House until they move on from Wrekin, at the end of Sixth Form. This allows strong bonds to form between pupils and House staff, providing the basis for pupil wellbeing and pastoral care. Some Houses are day Houses only, while some are day and boarding houses. Female boarders will spend their days in either Roslyn or Clarkson (our girls’ Houses) but return to Hadden Hall, our female boarding House, once the school day has ended. Day pupils and boarders are fully integrated into Houses with day pupils benefiting from our boarding ethos, round the clock care and extensive activities.
Unlike Lancaster, which is now a co-educational day house (with no boarding), our senior Houses are single sex.
Bayley
Bayley is a senior day and boarding House for boys. Based near the Sports Hall and Business School, it will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2026
Tudor
Tudor is a day and boarding House for boys and is based near the Dining Hall and Chapel, near to York House. Tudor is our oldest House, being established in the form we know it today in 1921.
York
York is a day House for boys, located in the main school building above the Headmaster’s office and celebrated its 100th birthday in 2025.
Roslyn
This is a girls’ day House. Female boarders will spend their evenings and weekends in Hadden Hall, our female boarding House. Roslyn is located near to Hadden Hall.
Clarkson
This is a girls’ day House. Female boarders will spend their evenings and weekends in Hadden Hall, our female boarding House. Clarkson is located near to the Chapel, and celebrates its 50th birthday in 2025.
Hadden Hall
This is our girls’ boarding House. Girls spend their days in either Roslyn or Clarkson before returning to Hadden Hall when the school day is over.
Socialising between Houses
The academic timetable mixes pupils from all Houses, so there is plenty of opportunity to see and mix with friends from other Houses during the day. Pupils are also allowed to visit other Houses if they wish to see friends and the majority of pupils have a friendship group comprising pupils from a number of different Houses. Once pupils enter Sixth Form, the Sixth Form Centre is a cross-House space, allowing even easier socialisation between pupils from all of the Houses.
