Harris House is named after the benefactor Sir Ronald Harris, whose family still live in Slyfield across the road from the school, and is a happy, safe place in which the school’s male boarders live and work. Purpose-built as a boarding house, it was opened by Lord Menuhin in 1997. In September 2016 a new wing of the house was opened offering single en-suite rooms for the oldest boys. Harris House is sympathetically constructed in red brick, surrounded by trees and plants and set around the central quad of the School. At the rear, the House opens to a large field where pupils can play freely.
Boys sleep in single, double or triple bedrooms depending on their age. Befitting the nature of the School, there are pianos in many rooms and on landings, where space allows.
The House is divided into areas, known as pods, with four rooms to each pod, sharing bathroom and toilet facilities. To protect the pupils’ security and welfare, there is an alarm system on the doors to the pods so that each area can be safe and self-sufficient overnight. The House also boasts its own laundry room with washing machine and dryer, as well as comfortable senior and junior common rooms. In the junior common room there is a large kitchen area where many pupils prepare their own meals.
Harris House is a fantastic community where everyone is supported in what they love to do. It is a vibrant, happy place full of music and laughter.