Marian House System

At Our Lady’s RC High School, our Marian House system is an integral part of school life and is fundamental in developing the strong sense of community that we pride ourselves as having as a school. Upon joining the school, every pupil and member of staff is placed in one of four houses:

• Lordes
• Fatima
• Walsingham
• Mount Carmel 

These houses span across KS3 and KS4 and by being a member of a House family, pupils and staff are encouraged to show team spirit and support those throughout the school, not just those within their year group.  

Each pupil has a house badge that represents the house that they are in and enables them to be easily recognised by their house families. Throughout the academic year, the houses are incentivised to come together to celebrate and compete against the others houses, including in events such as:

• Grow a fiver entrepreneurial challenge
• Sports day
• E-coin reward challenges

culminating in one House being awarded the House Cup for that year. We believe the Marian House system further embeds the biblical teachings and gospel values that we promote at Our Lady’s RC High School and is another way in which we offer support and a sense of belonging to everybody within our community.