DCGS has a long tradition of House Competitions. From the 1920s to the 1970s there were four houses at the school - Challoner, Hampden, Milton and Penn - all named after renowned Buckinghamshire residents. The house system was abolished during the 1970s, but reinstated in 2004. Upon entry to the school, students are allocated to one of six houses - Foxell, Holman, Newman, Pearson, Rayner and Thorne - all of which are named after previous headmasters.

A vast range of competitions are keenly contested during the course of the year with the winning house being presented with the House Shield. There are currently over 70 competitions contested annually, ranging from sports, drama and music to orienteering and code-breaking. It encourages participation from all members of each house and also gives significant opportunities for taking on responsibility with approximately 90 boys involved each year as Captains, Deputy Captains, Mentors or Representatives.

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NewmanPearson
RaynerThorne

House representatives

Foxell

Captains: Jake Simey, Oli Evans and Zain Isaacson

Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Antara Agrawal and Ian Permalino
Year 8: Abinya Myurathan and Manas Vyas

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Staff:  N Akerman,  J Anning,  A Atkinson,  C Atkinson,  G Babbs,  M Ball,  J Blake,  N Buchanan,  M Butler,  G Byrne,  L Chapman,  S Chotai,  C Clare,  A Cross,  J Deadman,  S Dunsmore,  V Henshall,  N Hutchinson,  R Laferton,  W Mason,  J Montgomery-McCullagh,  T Moran Mylett,  A Rodriguez,  T Spenceley,  J Tamayo,  S Treadway,  C Turner,  K Whitby and  K Wojewodka

Holman

Captains: Yash Kochhar, Jayesh Board and Emily Allen

Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Vibhav Agrawal and Harvey Cooper
Year 8: Alicja Cembrzynska and Thomas Walker

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Staff:  S Aley,  S Anathanam,  J Blackburn,  G Clark,  N Currums,  L De Chaves,  E Eastwood,  A Fifield,  K Gillan,  R Gledhill,  G Grant,  A Greiff,  N Hasan,  A Honeywell,  O Isaacson,  C Langford,  B McLean,  J Mowbray,  B Nelson,  Y Peeris,  F Porter,  J Robertson,  K Ruskin,  K Snow,  W Wong and  J Wood

Newman

Captains: Rory Webber, George Hodsman and Charlotte Lentz

Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Harry Dardis and Irfan Khan
Year 8: Hussain Asghar, Maj Kassamali and Huw Price

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Staff:  A Abbas,  D Atkinson,  K Baker,  R Bentini,  J Borrell,  J Collins,  E Fenton,  J Gomez,  A Halls,  L Harrington,  C Holloway,  S Hussan,  G Jones,  E Juin-Rimbert,  G Krishnaswamy,  L Krusche,  C Larkin,  P Malin,  J Milner,  R Morgan,  J Panayi,  R Popely,  T Raazi Konkader,  J Ravenscroft-Hull,  S Rodgers,  J Sealy,  N Skipp,  L Walker,  S Welch and  A Wells

Pearson

Captains: Sam Royce, Aaron Rhodes and Harriet McKenzie

Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Oakley Denson and Udit Tripathy
Year 8: Ben Davis and Helisha Verma

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Staff:  P Alvarez,  S Burn,  J Carpenter,  P Chandler,  D Colquhoun,  C Dale,  C Dawes,  M Elliott,  R Falla,  J Freeman,  M Hussey,  D Ingledew,  P John,  S Keen,  M Kennett,  D Kuruppu ,  P Lynch,  M Main,  A Mauro,  H Patel,  C Premkumar,  B Sharp,  G Strydom,  J Thompson,  R Turner and  J Wood

Rayner

Captains: Benedict Taylor, Tom Tillyer and Johnny Tunstall

Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Barnaby Budden and Alex Fraser
Year 8: Leila Payze and Eshaan Thakrar

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Staff:  N Aghera,  R Ambrose,  L Ashton,  D Beazley,  M Burnett,  P Casey,  V Collett,  J Cullen,  L Day,  R Dobby,  M Flattery,  J Flower,  L Hamill,  J Hearn,  W James,  N Kesarwani,  S Lunnon,  K Mackenzie-Crooks,  J Orr,  M Paternoster,  S Sinden,  G Unnikrishnan,  G Wallington-Smith,  T White and  N Woodhouse

Thorne

Captains: Henry Stubbs, Luke Baxter and Henry Lambert

Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: James Morley and Pranav Upadhya
Year 8: Louis Jolin and Saarthak Kesarwani

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Staff:  M Aghera,  C Anstey,  L Atkinson,  L Binnion,  K Burton,  Y Carte Melero,  T Cornelius,  C Evans,  J Graham,  A Halpin,  R Healy,  S Kennedy,  J Love,  B Manning,  A Millar,  T Nicholls,  S Nieboer,  S Paterson,  A Powney,  L Prime,  J Rajeshkumar,  N Sinha,  J Sutcliffe,  M Tansley,  L Teban,  A Timmington and  L Watson