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==School structure==
Kimbolton school is divided into groups by academic year, some of these make use of a historically influenced [[House system]]:
=== Preparatory school ===
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=== Senior school ===
There are around 700 male and female students in the senior school (agesaged 11 to 18).
==== Ingram's ====▼
A second house originally for boarders, Ingrams, was merged with Dawsons in the 1980s. Ingrams was later revivified as a separate house for all First Form and Second Form pupils (colloquially in the school, these pupils are referred to ''as'' 'Ingrams'). Ingrams compete in a separate house competition to the rest of the senior school. As opposed to between classeshouses, althoughthe students compete between classes, they have many of the same events as the senior househouses.▼
{| class="wikitable"▼
|+Ingram's house (1st and 2nd form)▼
|'''Ingrams'''▼
|{{colour box|Purple}}▼
|Named after a former headmaster, William Ingram.▼
|}▼
==== Middles ====▼
In four [[House system|Houses]], named after the two founders and two previous teachers at the school: Balyes, Dawsons, Gibbards, and Owens. Until recently, all the boarders were in Dawsons House; they are now allocated to all four senior houses. Uniform differentiating the senior school from the rest includes wearing black, purple and white striped blazers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=4320&type=pdf|title=Senior School Uniform Forms 1-5|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref> ▼
{| class="wikitable"
|+Houses of the Senior school (3rd form - 6th form)
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|Named after a former Master at the School. The house mascot being a Phoenix, which is represented on the House flag.
|}
▲==== Ingram's ====
▲A second house for boarders, Ingrams, was merged with Dawsons in the 1980s. Ingrams was later revivified as a separate house for all First Form and Second Form pupils (colloquially in the school, these pupils are referred to ''as'' 'Ingrams'). Ingrams compete in a separate house competition between classes, although they have many of the same events as the senior house.
▲{| class="wikitable"
▲|+Ingram's house (1st and 2nd form)
▲|'''Ingrams'''
▲|{{colour box|Purple}}
▲|Named after a former headmaster, William Ingram.
▲|}
▲==== Middles ====
▲In four [[House system|Houses]], named after the two founders and two previous teachers at the school: Balyes, Dawsons, Gibbards, and Owens. Until recently, all the boarders were in Dawsons House; they are now allocated to all four senior houses. Uniform differentiating the senior school from the rest includes wearing black, purple and white striped blazers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=4320&type=pdf|title=Senior School Uniform Forms 1-5|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref>
==== Sixth form ====
Sixth Form students wear solid black suits. They are also permitted to choose their own coloured jumpers and - for male pupils - ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=4321&type=pdf|title=Senior School Uniform, Sixth Form|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref>
=== HousesBoarding ===
These move into the senior houses at the start of the Third Form.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''Balyes'''
| {{color box|Blue}}
| Senior School – Third Form to Upper Sixth Form. Named after one of the founders of the School, Henry Balye.
|-
| '''Dawsons'''
| {{color box|Yellow}}
| Senior School – Third Form to Upper Sixth Form. Named after one of the founders of the School, William Dawson. The House motto is ''Domus Aurea'' ('golden house').
|-
| '''Gibbards'''
| {{color box|Green}}
| Senior School – Third Form to Upper Sixth Form. Named after a former Master of the School. The House motto is ''Cave Viridus Draconem'', 'Beware the green monster'.
|-
| '''Owens'''
| {{color box|Red}}
| Senior School – Third Form to Upper Sixth Form. Named after a former Master at the School. The house mascot being a Phoenix, which is represented on the House flag.
|-
| '''Ingrams'''
| {{colour box|Purple}}
| Senior School – First and Second Forms. Named after a former headmaster, William Ingram.
|-
| '''Fitzpiers'''
| {{color box|Green}}
| Preparatory School – Named after one of the original owners of the Castle, [[Geoffrey Fitz Peter]], the then Earl of Essex, during the 13th century.
|-
| '''Montagu'''
| {{color box|Blue}}
| Preparatory School – Named after [[Henry Montagu]]. Owner of the Castle in the 17th Century.
|-
| '''Stafford'''
| {{color box|Red}}
| Preparatory School – Named after one of the original owners of the Castle, [[Ann Stafford]], widow of the [[Duke of Buckingham]], in the mid-15th century.
|-
| '''Wingfield'''
| {{color box|Yellow}}
| Preparatory School – Named after the Wingfield family, most notably [[Edward Maria Wingfield]], owners of the Castle in the 16th Century.
|}
===Boarding===
The boarding houses are situated on Kimbolton village's High Street (B645). The boy's boarding house, 'Kimbolton House', is by the top of the high-street, while the girl's boarding house, 'White House', is at the bottom, opposite the church.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk/schoolmaps|title=School Maps|website=Kimbolton School|accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref>