St. Levan Shield

Until the closure of Tamar High School at the end of the 1980s there were three 'forms' of pupils who were separate during their first three years, then began to mix as they opted into different subjects (North, South and West or N, S and W). The closure of Tamar prompted the expansion of DHSB and generated a new form of mixed pupils from both schools: East. From 2009 there are six forms, again from an even even split from the previous four (C, E, N, P, S, W) still based on compass points.

Actual 'houses' being more sport-oriented or social, took longer to coalesce. Before the 2009 changes these were Drake, Raleigh, Gilbert and Grenville. After 2009 there were six: Campbell, Edison, Newton, Priestley, Smeaton and Winstanley. From September 2024, there will be seven houses. With the introduction of a new house, the decision was made to rename our seven houses. A process beginning with figurehead nominations and ending with a whole school vote saw our new figureheads chosen - Attenborough, Fleming, Johnson, Leslie, Scott, Turing and Windsor.

The houses continue to compete each year for the St Levan Shield, i.e. relating to west Cornwall, and also St Levan Road, which is the boundary between Stoke and the new working suburb of Devonport.