Extracurricular
Music and Drama departments offer productions each year involving all age groups. Over 900 individual instrumental lessons take place each week. A new Performing Arts Centre opened in September 2009. Over 30 sports are offered, and students are encouraged to maintain physical fitness with physical exercise.
There are nine junior houses Glenlee, Sidney Lodge, Farnley Lodge, St Margaret's, St Helen's, St Austins, Bellairs, Glengar and St Clare's. There is a yearly inter-house competition for sports, music and drama.
The school has a sports centre with an ozone (no chlorine) swimming-pool, 25 netball courts, 24 tennis courts, five squash courts, two AstroTurf fields and four lacrosse pitches.
On October 2009, Sir Richard Eyre opened the school's new drama building, The Parabola Arts Centre. The building was built by Foster Wilson Architects and cost over £12.5 million, funded by donations. Events from the Cheltenham Music, Literature, Jazz and Science Festivals are hosted annually. It was recently awarded the RIBA award. In 2010, Sharman Macdonald (Keira Knightley's mother) was commissioned to write the college's play.
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