the UK government's DfES website. DHSB headteachers 1896–1906 AJ Rider 1906–1932 AF Treseder 1933–1941 HAT Simmonds 1942–1948 WH Buckley 1949–1953 SB Barker 1953–1974 JL Cresswell 1975–1993 JGW Peck 1993–2008 NM Pettit (Nic Pettit) 2008–2015 KJ Earley 2015– DJJ Roberts School houses Until the merger with Tamar High School at the end of the 1980s there were three 'forms' of pupils who were separate during their first three years, then began to mix as they opted into different subjects (North, South and West or N, S and W). Forms after O-Levels or GCSEs were also somewhat disrupted into new tutor groups each year. The merger with Tamar generated a new form of mixed pupils from both schools: East. From 2009 there are six forms, again from an even even split from the previous four (C, E, N, P, S, W) still based on compass points. Actual 'houses' being more sport-oriented or social, took longer to coalesce. Before the 2009 changes these were Drake, Raleigh, Gilbert and Grenville. After 2009 there were six: Campbell, Edison, Newton, Priestley, Smeaton and Winstanley. The houses continue to compete each year for the St Levan's Shield, i.e. relating to west Cornwall, and also St Levan Road, which is the boundary between Stoke and the new working suburb of Devonport, Keyham, Plymouth which had been built of the reclaimed Keyham Creek. School buildings Based within what was once the Stoke Military Hospital, the school buildings and blocks are all named after notable people with links to Plymouth. The names of these buildings are shortened to their initial for the designation of classroom numbers. Blocks A–E are all connected via an arched colonnade and balcony, while Blocks A and F are connected via an enclosed bridge. Uzel House The school had a residential centre in the French town of Uzel in Brittany. This offered pupils the opportunity for work experience with local companies as well as the chance to improve their French and enjoy activities like horseriding and canoeing. The house was bought for the token amount of 1 Franc in 1991, from the Mayor of Uzel. From opening in 1992, until its closure in 2009 over 250 boys visited the house each year. The Friday Choir also took pupils from two other Plymouth grammar schools, Plymouth High School for Girls and Devonport High School for Girls, to Uzel for an opportunity to sing to the locals. These,