The pastoral structure of the school is based on three sections: Lower School (Years 7 and 8), Middle School (Years 9, 10 and 11), and the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13). The School Captains Team currently consists of eleven members of the sixth form. The Team consists of a Head Boy, a Head Girl, three Deputy School Captains and six School Captains, who serve from Christmas of Year 12 until the following Christmas of Year 13, or in effect, a calendar year. There are also approximately 50 prefects led by the Head Prefect, who is one of the eleven members of the School Captains Team, along with several senior prefects. Another one of the School Captains is the House Captain and is responsible for overseeing house events within the School as well as organising the events the students take part in outside of school
Houses There are currently six school houses, which are named after ships constructed at the historic
Chatham Dockyard located nearby. The form ‘Phoenix’ was added for the 2025-2026 academic year. •
Guardian •
Shannon •
Conquest •
Barfleur •
Ardent •
Phoenix Prior to the change of the school name, there were six school houses, also named after ships constructed at the nearby
Chatham Dockyard: •
Achilles •
Blake •
Challenger •
Dryad •
Expedition •
Formidable The houses compete against each other at events like the school's annual summer Sports Day, the autumn Cross Country, sports events such as
rugby and
hockey, and also at tasks like collecting the most 'rewards'. Ardent was called
Hawkins before 2020, when
Admiral John Hawkins's connection to the slave trade was highlighted; the school researched other more suitable Chatham-built ships and the students chose the name Ardent. ==Buildings==