House System

Merchants’ Academy has a newly established House system, which consists of four Houses named after rivers in Bristol, followed by an animal with the same letter. The House names are as follows: Avon Alligators (Green), Frome Falcons (Blue), Malago Meerkats (Yellow) and Trym Tigers (Red). All students have been allocated to a House and siblings have also been assigned to the same one. 

The House leadership team consists of both students and staff. Mr Cole is the House coordinator of the whole House system and is responsible for the organisation, structure, events and activities. There are staff House Leaders for each House, who are as follows: 

Miss Pearson and Lucas Tomlinson – Avon Alligators 

Mr Harrington – Frome Falcons 

Miss McKean – Malago Meerkats 

Mr Potter and Liam Armstrong – Trym Tigers 

Within each year group, there are two House captains for each House. These will be reallocated annually and there will be an opportunity for students to apply for the following academic year. House captains help to organise House events, arrange teams and promote the three core values at Merchants’ Academy: Be Kind, Work Hard, Have Courage. 

House events take part on a half termly basis and have previously included The Chase event, Lip Sync Battle, Spelling Bee and the Quiz of The Year. House sport competitions take part on a full termly basis and consist of a range of sports that are carried out in Physical Education lessons. 

The House Cup will be awarded at the end of the academic year and will be based on positive points that have been accumulated by every student and staff member at the Academy. A rewards afternoon will be awarded to the winning House as an extra incentive!! 

Please click on the logos above to find out more information about each of the Houses at Merchants’ Academy.