In 1913 the school introduced for the first time "The House System" where all the boys in the school were divided into "houses". with boys allocated into a house based on their surname. Four house names were first proposed: St. Helen's, Chester, Derwent and Darley. However, in December 1913 the house names were altered to Wilson's, Tanner's, School House and Cruikshank's. Slowly as House Masters retired the names were revised. In December 1914 School House became Fullers as there were to be no more boarders; in July 1921 Wilsons became Gatelys; in July 1934 Cruikshanks became Grimes.