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Moberly's House

A school such as Clifton can seem very large and daunting but the House structure provides an environment where everyone has a niche, a role to play and is seen as being an individual within our smaller community. It is this, plus the desire to give and support that community in whatever way you can, that is Moberly's House ethos.

Staff

Housemaster:

Mr Alan O'Sullivan

Assistant HoM:

Mr Daniel Robson

Matron:

Miss Jane Gunn

Tutors:

• Mr David Barrett
• Dr Tim Greene
• Mr John Heritage
• Mr Nicholas Mills
• Dr Christopher Waller

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History

Formed in 1993 as an amalgamation of Brown's and Dakyn's Houses, residing in the old Brown’s House building. The House was named after Mr William Moberly who was a resident tutor in Brown’s before becoming the Housemaster of Dakyn’s. The House still retains some old photographs and memorabilia pertinent to both old Houses.

The House has undergone a significant refurbishment in 2004 and all studies and communal areas have been extensively redecorated and refurbished with each pupil having individual access to the internet from their desks. The youngest pupils live in newly constructed mezzanine studies, the Fourth Formers and some of the Fifth Formers live in shared rooms, with a maximum of four per room, while the remainder of the Fifth Form and all the Sixth Form have single rooms. The refurbishment has sought to combine the best of the old with the requirements of modern boarding. In Summer 2009 the House Hall was fitted with a 55" HD television.

House Strengths

The pupils themselves would perceive Moberly's as a House strong at sport with a number of pupils playing representative sport. On a school level the house has only lost 3 games of rugby in 12 years, has won every Clifton Chase bar 1, and won school athletics for the last 12 years. In this context however it has been great to see the more talented sportsman support the less talented in all sorts of activities and also see characters participate in House activities as they feel part of the community and want to contribute. An hour spent by a visitor in The House Hall around the pool table or watching TV would reveal exactly what we mean by The House Community. There is a very strong feeling of Community and loyalty in the House which is fostered by the older pupils and readily accepted by the junior boys. We have become very strong at drama, winning Best House Production 2009, Best Comedy 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 – in addition to numerous other awards for Best Actor, Adapted Screenplay etc during this time. In 2010 we also won the House Instrumental as well as the highly coveted House Unison with our version of 'Home' by Michael Buble. We were successful in the inaugural Clifton version of University Challenge. Lastly, led by Lead Advocate Anthony Barker we won the Senior Debating Cup in 2010 and it was retained in 2011.

House Activities

These tend to revolve around daily pool table sessions plus touch rugby on The Close. In addition, we sometimes go paintballing and after prep in the evenings, play a range of sports, such as soccer, water polo, swimming, fives, badminton or squash depending on the time of year.

Pupil Achievements

In recent years a number of our boys have excelled academically, both at Clifton and beyond, with quite a few of our leavers presently studying at top universities. Most notably in this respect, Alex Clymo has just been awarded a First in Economics at St John’s Cambridge. In a similar vein James Robinson acheived a first also at St John's in Engineering. In music last year Callum Paine and Ben Sellick were integral parts of the excellent School soul band who toured Portugal at the end of the Summer term and also performed at the Prom on The Close 2009. In sport we had a large number of pupils play to Divisional level in rugby, plus Ethan Matthews and Daniel Crandon represent Wales at Schoolboy level. Max Cresswell recently represented Avon in the English National Schools Athletics Championship for the javelin. On a school level regarding the pupils the last seven 1st XV captains have all been in Moberly's.

House Motto

Stet fortuna domus – 'May fortune attend those who dwell here'

Contact

Moberly's House College Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 3JJ
Email Housemaster AO'Sullivan@clifton-college.avon.sch.uk
Telephone +44 (0)117 315 7310
Fax +44 (0)117 315 7314

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