the opening match. 1980 to present The 1980s and early 1990s were difficult years for Worksop College with pupil numbers falling (as in most public schools in the UK) and little school development. An extension to the Churchill Hall was made in 1981 which would form the newly established Craft and Design Centre. Roger Knight was appointed head in the 1991. Knight left in 1993 to take up a post with the Marylebone Cricket Club and Roy Collard was appointed as headmaster. Not long after Collard started as head, Worksop celebrated its centenary and the Princess Royal opened the new school ICT centre. Other developments included the provision of ICT facilities, refurbishment of dated boarding accommodation, new teaching facilities and the new Sports Hall (opened 2003). In addition, in the last few years, there has been the construction of two astro pitches which allow hockey to be played at a high level. A new girls boarding house was opened in early 2007. A new Headmaster Gavin Horgan, formerly Deputy Rector of Glasgow Academy, arrived in September 2012. At the same time the prep school came directly under his overall leadership, being renamed Worksop College Preparatory School, Ranby House. During 2016 and 2017, Worksop College Preparatory School had a brand refresh, updating the logo, school colours and the school name to Worksop College and Ranby House. After Gavin Horgan's departure in the summer of 2018, Deputy Head of Pastoral, Clare Tilley became the first female Head at Worksop College and Ranby House. In September 2019, Dr John Price (formerly of fellow Woodard School, St James' School in Grimsby) took over as Head of Worksop College and Prep School, Ranby House. Houses As with the majority of independent schools, Worksop College is split into houses. There are a total of 8 houses which are currently open and one which has closed. Boys' houses Mason House (formerly Cross, opened in 1895) Pelham House (formerly Fleur de Lys, opened in 1895) Talbot House (formerly Crown, opened in 1897) Shirley House (opened in 1925) Girls' houses Derry House (opened in 1978) Gibbs House (opened in 1986) School House (opened in 1930, closed in 1986, re-opened in 2007) Junior house Portland House (opened in 1948 when Prep moved to Ranby, re-opened as a junior house in 2016) Closed house Mountgarret (formerly Lion, opened 1895, closed 1993) Talbot House Talbot was one of the original four Dorms