us at night, when we travel and when we visit the countryside.") Houses The school traditionally had a 4 house system (Conington, Minster, School and Fisher). In the 1980s the form groups were named after the four houses. In the 1990s the governors decided to increase the numbers in the school and move from a 4 Form system to a 5 form system. Burden House was then formed to fill the fifth house. The houses can be associated by their colours listed below. Burden – Yellow Burden House was named after Henry Burden who was the Headmaster of the school between 1912 and 1935. He was largely seen as creating the modern school. Connington – Light Blue John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) who was an English classical Scholar. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and was reputed to have been extremely clever learning the alphabet by fourteen months and being able to read at three and a half. Fisher – Dark Blue Fisher House was named after the Catholic martyr John Fisher who was born in Beverley in 1469. He became a Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University. Minster – Red Minster House was named after Beverley Minster and commemorates the founding of the school in 700 AD by St John of Beverley in Beverley Minster. School – Green This was named after the original school which started inside the Minster and then was moved to a building in the Minster grounds. It later moved to a site in a larger building down Keldgate. In the 1890s it moved to this present site and was in the building that is now the Art Block. The Main school building was erected in the 1930s and has been considerably modernised and added to over the years. Notable alumni John Alcock (1430–1500), Lord Chancellor of England John Andrew (1931–2014), Anglican clergyman in New York City Ken Annakin (1914–2009), film director Chris Fraser (1988), Animator on ITV hit Series Newzoids Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet (1600–1657), soldier in the English Civil War John Conington (1825–1869), English classical scholar William Howe De Lancey (1778–1815), the Duke of Wellington's Chief of Staff at the Battle of Waterloo Kyle Edmund (b. 1995), tennis player Saint John Fisher (c. 1469–1535), Catholic bishop Neil Mallender (b. 1961), England cricketer and international umpire Thomas Percy (1560–1605), alleged Gunpowder plotter Jim Ratcliffe (b. 1952), Chairman and CEO, Ineos,