Rokeby Houses
Rokeby boys love their Houses. We have four: Bazalgette, Galsworthy, Moody and Olive, each one with a Captain who sits on the School Council. There are many inter-house competitions, which are great fun.
Originally there were three Rokeby Houses: Red, Black and Grey, these were the colours of the Rokeby logo.
In the year of the Millennium, a fourth house was introduced which changed the whole structure of Rokeby houses and provided an opportunity for new ideas and names for the houses.
Today we our four houses are: Bazelgette, Galsworthy, Moody and Olive
Galsworthy
Rokeby School was originally one of a number of houses on George Road owned by the Galsworthy family (John Galsworthy wrote The Forsyte Saga). Although it was no longer residential when Rokeby arrived, the buildings were still largely laid out as a country house.
Moody
Moody was named after our retired Headmaster, Roy Moody. Mr Moody graduated from Cambridge and spent 14 years at Rokeby School.
Olive
Olive was named after the Olive family, founder of Rokeby School in 1877, and the first Headmaster at Rokeby School.
Bazalgette
Bazelgette was named after a former pupil at Rokeby. S/L I.W. Bazalgette, DFC, RAFVR was awarded a VC during World War II.
The Victoria Cross (VC) was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1854 and awarded for overwhelming acts of heroism. The VC was and remains Britian's highest award and continues to be the only decoration that can be awarded posthumously; to both Commissioned and Non-Commissioned ranks of all three armed forces.
