In the first two years of the school, students are almost exclusively taught in their houses (with the exceptions of Maths and Physical Education, in which pupils are streamed by ability in year 8–9, and by their second Foreign Language choice in year 8–9; until the 2008-09 academic year, where year 7s are now assigned two languages – French and either German or Spanish according to the house (Denson, Hampden and Lee study German; Paterson, Phillips and Ridley study Spanish) and then start learning Latin in year 8). Tutor groups are also split up into groups of 20 for Design Technology lessons. From the start of the 2018-19 Academic Year, students in Year 9 are taught in teaching groups rather than their House groups.