Main Menu HomeHouses Houses House Information When students join Idsall School in Year 7 and the Sixth Form they are placed into 1 of 4 Houses – Long Mynd, Caradoc, Ragleth and Wrekin. These names represent 4 local hills and each student will walk up their respective hill as part of the Year 8 challenge and students remain in the same House throughout their school life. Placing students in Houses enables inter-school competition at all levels as well as creating a sense of belonging. At the end of the year, the points gained during house matches are totalled up and the winning House receives the Finny Shield which has been awarded each year since 1957 when Idsall was known as Shifnal Modern School. House Captain Responsibilities Each House has 2 captains from each year, 1 from the boys and 1 from the girls. Students can see a list of these displayed in the school at "The Crossroads" area. Year Captain Responsibilities: To organise and select teams for your year groups' competitions To ensure ALL team members know when they are playing To ensure fairness and equal opportunity for all irrespective of ability To display team lists on the House notice boards To receive trophies at end of term assemblies To collect the views of your year group and pass them to 6th Form Captains when requested To bring any issues affecting your year group to the attention of the 6th Form Captains 6th Form Captains' & Vice Captains' Responsibilities: To meet with Mr Bell to plan each terms' competitions To lead house assemblies with staff support To provide officials to support PE staff with the running of competitions To provide inspiration and motivation to all pupils in their house To manage year captains to ensure they are ready to compete To provide information for their year captains such as dates, times and team sheets To ensure the house notice boards are informative and well maintained (results and photos) To collate the views of year groups gathered by the year captains when requested To bring any (non-sport related) issues affecting a year group to the attention of Miss Clarke if they are raised by year captains For more information please see Mr Bell in PE. Copyright © 2021 Idsall School CONTACT US SAFEGUARDING OFSTED REPORT OFSTED PARENT VIEW WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY Idsall School is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company number 08976748 whose registered office is at Idsall School, Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PD