Owens House

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Welcome to Owens House

House history

Owens House was created in 1973 in honour of Kyffin Owen. Kyffin taught history at Kimbolton from 1920-63 and succeeded Cyril Gibbard as Second Master in 1953.

He was a former international amateur footballer and followed the school’s sport enthusiastically. He has a genuine schoolmaster’s interest in every single individual he taught or encountered. The cricket pavilion is also named after him.

Along with William Ingram and Cyril Gibbard, he was instrumental in laying the foundations of the school we know today.

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George Furbank: Professional Rugby Player

Simon Thurley: English architectural historian and former CEO of English Heritage

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House system

The house system at Kimbolton was introduced in 1940 by then Headmaster, William Ingram, for pastoral care and competition purposes.

The Senior House names reflect both the school’s founders (Balye and Dawson) and key figures in its leadership (Ingram, Gibbard, Owen).

In Prep, different Houses reflect the history of Kimbolton Castle ownership (Fitzpiers, Montagu, Stafford, Wingfield). This connects pupils to both the heritage of the Castle and the history of the school.

Every House enables pupils to: