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Clifton College – an independent boarding and day school for girls and boys

Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in the suburb of Clifton in the port city of Bristol in South WestEngland, founded in 1862.

The school takes boys and girls aged between 13 and 18. It has a nearby preparatory school.There are around 720 children in the Upper School of which about a third are girls. At the start of the 2004 – 2005 school year, a new boarding/day house for girls was opened.

There are 11 houses currently in the upper school of Clifton College in a mixture of day or boarding and girls or boys. There are also houses in the Preparatory School that are not listed below.

House Colours Motto Gender Boarding/Day
East Town Black/Yellow/Orange Latin: Sol Semper Resurgit
The sun always rises again		 M Day
Hallward’s House Black/Purple/Green Latin: Si vobis confiditis, mundus vobis erit
Believe in yourself and the world is yours		 F Day with Sixth Form Boarding
Moberly’s House Red-Purple/Blue/White Latin: Stet fortuna domus
May fortune attend those who dwell here		 M Boarding
North Town Dark Blue/Black/White Latin: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
Always go forward in life		 M Day
Oakeley’s House Black/White Latin: Floruit Floret Floreat
It has flourished, it is flourishing, may it flourish		 F Boarding
School House Black/Red Latin: Spes Ancora Vitae
Hope is the anchor of life		 M Boarding
The South Town Black/Green Latin: Vis Unita Fortior
Together we are stronger		 M Day
Watson’s House Pale Blue/Black Latin: Fratres in Unum
Brothers Together		 M Boarding
West Town Black/Pink Latin: A posse ad esse
From the possible to the actual		 F Day
Wiseman’s House Black/Purple Latin: Nec tenui ferar penna
On no feeble wing shall I be borne		 M Boarding
Worcester House Black/Green/White Latin: Possunt quia posse videntur
They can because they think they can		 F Boarding

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