Religious Studies Sports Studies A compulsory double lesson each fortnight named 'Learning for Life' is designed to prepare the pupil for the A Level examinations and for the UCAS application system to universities. All pupils are required to take General Studies A-level, unless timetable scheduling prevents this. The school has a prefect system, comprising: Head Boy & Head Girl, House Captains & Vice House Captains, Senior Prefects, and Prefects. Houses The school has four houses: St. Chad's House (house colour red), St. Oswald's House (house colour yellow), St. Peter's House (house colour blue) and School House (house colour green). Two others, Tudor House (house colour was blue) and Thomson's House (house colour was purple), were abolished in 1976. Pupil allocation to houses is random, but siblings generally follow through the same House. When there was a boarding house, all boarders were members of School House. Each house has two House Captains and four House Vice Captains, as well as a House Master and/or House Mistress. Permanent teachers are also allocated to houses as "House Staff", although PE teachers, Music Teachers, Deputy Headmaster and the Headmaster are not allotted houses to maintain disinterest and avoid any bias. House Music "House Music" is an annual competitive event in which each house competes for a trophy by presenting four pieces of modern or traditional music, as follows: A Lower School Choir piece (Years 7-9 and for which there is a separate trophy) An Orchestral piece (for which there is a separate trophy) A Band piece (for which there is a separate trophy) A Senior Choir piece (Years 10-13 and for which there is a separate trophy) Finale (in which the entire house takes part and for which, as of 2016, there is a separate trophy) The House Music event was originally held in the school hall. Growing numbers led to the event being held next at The Broadway Theatre, and in 2007 it moved again to KingsGate Community Church's building in Parnwell. House Music was unable to proceed in the regular fashion in 2020 and 2021. In 2021 it took place in the school's hall. Histories of the School An early history of The King's School was published in 1905 by A.F. Leach, a noted historian. This history ends in 1904 when E.S.T Badger was Headmaster. In 1966, W.D. Larrett, a former deputy-headmaster, published 'A History of The King's School Peterborough'. The account