Field House was established in 1997 as part of the school’s continuing commitment to co-education.
In its first year it accommodated just 28 girls, while the rest of the site remained under construction; but by September 1998 the entire project was completed and it is now home to approximately 67 girls, aged 13-18.
The younger boarders, in B Block and A Block, are accommodated in spacious bedders of four and they also have workstations in the ground-floor studies. In the GCSE year boarders usually share double bedsits, which are equipped as both bedrooms and study areas, and there are 25 single rooms, enabling a pupil to spend the majority, if not all, of her Sixth Form career in her own room. All bedrooms are furnished with modern, fitted furniture, and each has a basin.
Day pupils are accommodated in the ground-floor studies, where they have desks, shelves and space for clothing, and are mixed in with the younger boarders, ensuring that they are fully integrated into the house community. Each term the arrangement of studies, bedders, bedsits and also the seating plan in the dining room is rotated, to ensure that each pupil gets to know everyone else.
The pupils have use of three common-rooms, which are furnished with chairs, sofas and beanbags, and equipped with kitchenettes, televisions, video and DVD players, and table tennis. There is also a quiet room, which houses the library and several house computers. The open-plan design of the house provides a feeling of space and the girls also have access to the central courtyard and an enclosed garden at the rear of the building. All meals are taken in the large dining room, which also provides a useful venue for social events. Vegetarians are well catered for and at most meals girls can choose from a selection of salads and fruit.
The house colours are purple and white.