C Wilkes, O RavenThere are currently seven Heads of Year at the school, one for each Year GroupYear 7 – J QuesneYear 8 – S SaundersYear 9 – S SheppardYear 10 – E TaylorYear 11 – C StanleyYear 12 – I OchiltreeYear 13 ''' – M Sutton Additionally, Mr I Ochiltree is overall Head of the Sixth Form. Houses Each pupil is placed into one of six houses upon starting at the school. The houses are as follows: The house cup Every year, each house battles to win the House Cup. During the last week of term is the concluding House Event, House Athletics. Then, on the last day of term, the winning house is announced. Now merit marks, that the pupils earn, count toward the house cup. There are several house events, such as: The school also holds numerous minor sporting inter-house events. House Points awarded for exemplary work also contribute, though comparatively insignificantly, to the House Cup. A points system is then used to determine the winner of the Cup. The result is usually hotly contested in the hours after the announcement. Head girls The school appoints seven members of Year 13 to the positions of Head Girl and six Deputy Head Girls in a group formally known as the School Cabinet. Girls are short-listed for these roles by the nominations of members of their year group, and are subsequently elected by students, staff and members of the senior leadership team based on maturity, behaviour, attitude, academic achievements and contribution to school and house events. They are identified by light blue lacquer Head Girl and dark blue lacquer Deputy Head Girl badges. Teaching system In the first three years at Aylesbury High School, girls are almost exclusively taught in their houses (with the exceptions of Maths, in which pupils are streamed by ability in year 8–9, and by their Foreign Language choice in year 8–9. Houses are also paired (Ascott with Claydon, Hughenden with Missenden and Stowe with Waddesdon) and then split up into groups of 15–20 for Design Technology lessons and Art lessons in Years 8–9. In Year 10 and above, the year group is reshuffled into different classes for each subject depending on their GCSE options these different GCSE choices mean they may not see others from either tutor group or form. From this point onwards, the houses play a lesser role in the day-to-day life