Our School House Teams

Following lots of fantastic suggestions from pupils and their families, our school council selected the inspirational people after whom we have named our house teams.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern

nursing, one of our greatest Victorians and a female icon in her own lifetime. She is still an inspiration to nurses around the globe.

‘Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses…we must be learning all of our lives.’

Sir David Attenborough (born 1926)

Sir David Attenborough is a British naturalist and television personality, world-famous for writing, presenting and producing award-winning wildlife documentaries. A great communicator, educator and campaigner, his distinctive voice has brought the world of wildlife into our homes for more than 60 years, captivating generations across the globe.

“Cherish the natural world, because you’re part of it and you depend on it.”

Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005)

Rosa Parks was one of the most influential African-American civil rights activitist and has been named “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. On the 1st December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger. Her actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a campaign against the segregation of black people.

She worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr in the campaign for equal rights for black African-Americans in the 1950s-60s.

‘Each person must live their life as a model for others.’

Stephen Hawking (1942 –2018)

Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical physicist and mathematician. He was one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and a professor of maths at the University of Cambridge. Hawking has written many science books for people who are not scientists.

Hawking was a professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

'However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.'