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 and girls involved each year as Captains, Deputy Captains, Mentors or Representatives.
Follow your House on Twitter @DCGSHousesFollow your House on Instagram @challonersgsSixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Oskar Leskow and Leeya Patel
Year 8: Yi Lin Lai and Ben Watkinson
Form Representatives
Year 7: and
Year 8: Fraser Batey and Ashwarth Chukkalur
Year 9: Shivi Jhunijhunwala and Joe Goulty
Year 10: Shreyas Nandi-Purkayastha and Luis Atteen
Year 11: and
Staff: J Anning, A Atkinson, G Babbs, M Ball, N Buchanan, M Butler, J Deadman, N Hutchinson, G Jones, R Laferton, T Spenceley, J Tamayo, C Turner, K Whitby, N Akerman, C Atkinson, J Blake, G Byrne, C Challis, C Clare, A Cross, J Montgomery-McCullagh, S Pickford, K Wojewodka, W Mason, A Rodriguez, S Dunsmore and S Chotai
Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Arjan Bhat and Billy Grief-King
Year 8: Cooper Cummings and Milind Kamath
Form Representatives
Year 7: and
Year 8: Theo Dinsdale and Shaan Dulai
Year 9: Aditya Agrawal and Isaac Bassford
Year 10: Jordan Butcher and Yashas Kochhar
Year 11: and
Staff: F Adi, C Black, K Connell, E Eastwood, K Gillan, R Gledhill, G Grant, L Green, B McLean, K McShane, F Porter, J Robertson, J Wood, W Wong, J Blackburn, N Currums, A Fifield, A Greiff, N Hasan, O Isaacson, C Langford, S Mitchell, Y Peeris, J Piemonti, S Webb, L De Chaves, A Killeya and S Clark
Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: and
Year 8: Amar Bawa and Rohit Srisakthivel
Form Representatives
Year 7: and
Year 8: Daksh Agarwal and Finn McMullen
Year 9: Kian Masoudi Nejad and Thomas Reynolds
Year 10: Divit Kelmani, Rory Webber and Abhinav Sundaresan
Year 11: Kartik Chopra
Staff: A Abbas, D Atkinson, C Holloway, P Malin, R Morgan, J Panayi, R Popely, J Ravenscroft-Hull, S Rodgers, L Walker, N Wimbridge, K Baker, J Borrell, J Collins, L Harrington, G Krishnaswamy, L Krusche, C Larkin, J Milner, J Sealy, A Wells, S Hussan, A Halls, J Culank, J Gomez, E Fenton, E Juin-Rimbert, T Raazi Konkader and S Welch
Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Luke Corey and Peter Steward
Year 8: Saffron King and Oscar Ryley
Form Representatives
Year 7: and
Year 8: Mahir Kamath and Haris Bashir
Year 9: Neil Batra and Vee Atwal
Year 10: and
Year 11: and
Staff: F Aris, M Barraclough, S Burn, J Carpenter, D Colquhoun, M Elliott, S Keen, J Wood, P Chandler, C Dawes, R Falla, J Freeman, J Jones, M Main, A Mauro, S Sanders, B Sharp, R Turner, M Gillett, C Premkumar, M Hussey, J Thompson, M Kennett, P Lynch and H Patel
Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Jai Magar and Meghu Pulicheri
Year 8: Matthew Beattie and Anna Williams
Form Representatives
Year 7: and
Year 8: Felix Badman and Arthur Thomas
Year 9: Magnus Astall and Oscar Nelson
Year 10: Jake Downton and Sammy Hall
Year 11: and
Staff: R Ambrose, L Ashton, A Bristow, M Burnett, J Cullen, C Dale, G Davies-Craine, L Day, R Dobby, J Flower, L Hamill, S Lunnon, K Snow, K Trueman, G Wallington-Smith, N Aghera, D Beazley, P Casey, M Flattery, J Hearn, N Kesarwani, S Lewis, K Mackenzie-Crooks, J Orr, S Sinden, G Unnikrishnan, N Woodhouse, J Gannon and T White
Sixth Form Mentors
Year 7: Irem Ozdemir and Aaryan Walia
Year 8: Archit Rakhade and Devan Songra
Form Representatives
Year 7: Umar Abdullah and Aiden Fawcett
Year 8: Edward Smith, Alden Fawcett and Umar Abdullah
Year 9: Eddie O'Brien and Toby McCullagh
Year 10: Henry Lambert and Arun Norton
Year 11: and
Staff: C Anstey, L Atkinson, L Binnion, A Timington, J Graham, R Healy, J Love, A Manning, A Millar, T Nicholls, C Priggs, L Prime, M Tansley, M Aghera, K Burton, T Cornelius, A Halpin, S Kennedy, S Nieboer, S Paterson, J Sutcliffe, L Watson, Y Carte Melero, G Folaranmi, B Manning and C Evans