page_title: Heckmondwike Grammar School
section_title: Houses and forms
hierarchical_section_title: Heckmondwike Grammar School / Houses and forms
caption_attribution_description: English: Back of Heckmondwike Grammar School - Church Street
context_page_description: Heckmondwike Grammar School is an 11–18 mixed, grammar school and sixth form with academy status in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England.
context_section_description: The school has a house system of four houses, and pupils are allocated to a house. The houses are named after notable people from the West Yorkshire area, and are Brontë (whose colour is blue), Clarke (yellow),  Houldsworth (green) and Priestley (red). Activities take place between houses, with competitions such as a swimming gala, spelling bee and house drama. A house music competition takes places once every academic year – entrants choose a solo, duet or group piece, with points awarded by a panel. The house that receives the most points in competitions wins the Lees Cup.
  For years that entered the school in school year 2012–13 or earlier there were 5 forms of 30 pupils in them each year, one for each house and one form with a mix of pupils from about 3 houses. Forms are denoted by B for Brontë; C for Clarke; P for Priestley; H for Houldsworth; and S for the mixed form. However, from school year 2013–14 the forms are made up of pupils from all houses and are denoted by the number of the year and the three initials of the form tutor. From school year 2014–15 there are 6 forms per year. New pupils are admitted in year 10, and to accommodate them, one of the forms is split into 2 smaller forms, and the new pupils are split between these 2 new forms.
  There are approximately 600 students in the sixth form, entering through the lower school or through neighbouring schools after completing GCSEs. Each prospective student is interviewed by a member of the senior management team.
caption: Rear of the school
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