King's College's success is measured by the success of our students and, through our House and counselling systems, we closely monitor individual progress.

Individual development programmes are centred around the House system. King's College is divided into eleven houses; six boarding and five day houses. One of the Boarding Houses, Middlemore Lodge is for girls, whilst Taylor House, established in 2006, is a day House for girls. Each House is staffed by a Housemaster and Tutors and each boarding House employs a Matron. Each student becomes a member of a House and, within their House, works and develops as a member of a closer community structure.

Each student is assigned a House Tutor and the Tutor's role is to review students' results on a regular, one-to-one basis and, where necessary, to find ways of enhancing their performance. The House structure enables us to clearly identify the needs of each individual and to provide the support necessary for our students to reach their goals.

The House system is important in other ways. It provides a wide range of involvements to all our students through inter-House competition in sport, drama, debate and music - events which are fiercely contested among the eleven Houses.

Whenever emotional, spiritual or psychological support is needed, King's has a counselling system in place. Students have unlimited access to our Chaplains who provide counselling and support. Where specialist advice is needed, the College engages the services of a consultant psychologist.

The College employs two Doctors and a full-time Nurse for its hospital.

Support for our students doesn't end here. To help focus our students on their lives beyond King's, we have a well-developed careers directorate. The service is designed to ease the transition from secondary to tertiary studies or into the workplace. The Careers Director runs a regular programme of specific career lectures and evening seminars, and keeps students well-informed about university and polytechnic courses of study.