Houses

All students at St Cuthbert's are placed in one of six Houses when they start at the College.
House spirit is strong and a great deal of fun is had particularly around sports days.

Each House has a designated colour and rivalry is intense when senior students dress in their House colours to compete in House performances, House Music and House Flowers.

House Colours
Dunblane - Yellow
Elgin - Green
Iona - Purple
Kelso - Blue
Lindisfarne - White
Melrose - Red

House Names

The Houses are named after locations in Scotland and the North of England which were significant in the life of St Cuthbert.
In 651 he entered a monastery at Melrose, in 661 he became Prior of Lindisfarne before becoming Bishop in 684. St Cuthbert was later buried at Lindisfarne.
Dunblane or Fort of Blane, was a flourishing, Christian town in the 6th century to the north of Stirling in Scotland.
Iona is a small island off the coast of Mull. It was famous as a great place of learning and Christian mission becoming a major site of pilgrimage under St Columba around 563.
Kelso Abbey was built some time later and was one of the wealthiest and grandest in Scotland.
Elgin cathedral was built just south of the river Lossie in Moray, Scotland.