High Street, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1JP
Choice of House
The majority of parents express a preference for a particular boarding or day House at some stage between registration and entry - usually when completing the Final Entry Form on acceptance of a conditional place. Where no preference is expressed boys are allocated to Houses by the Headmaster.
The individual House lists for entry in any given year open in January some 2¾ years in advance of the date of entry, about a week after the first large tranche of conditional offers for that year is made. Parents may wish to familiarise themselves with two or three Houses and Housemasters in the months before that. Candidates may only be registered on House lists when the offer of a conditional place in the school has been accepted.
It is inevitably the case that the earlier a House preference is notified to the school after the offer of a conditional place the greater the likelihood that the boy will be able to enter the House of his choice. If application is made for a House whose list at that time is full, the preference will be noted but parents are always invited, and recommended, to make second and third choices. A note giving further detail about the choice of House accompanies the acknowledgement of each registration, and again each offer of a conditional place.
The Headmaster or the Admissions Registrar will be glad to give general advice on the choice of House in discussion with parents visiting the school.
You will find a list of houses and housemasters, along with contact details, on this page.
