Students
Roughly 1,500 students attend the school, aged from 11 to 19. They are divided into three Key Stages. Key Stage 3 is school Year 7 to Year 9 (ages 11–14 years), Key Stage 4 is school Year 10 and Year 11 (ages 14–16 years) and Key Stage 5 is Years 12 and 13 (ages 16–19 years).
The students are mixed into different tutor groups, ranging from year 8 to year 10. year 7 stay as one tutor also do years 11, 12 and 13. There are 3 different 'colleges'. Yellow, Blue and Red. year 7 is white college, year 11 is orange college and year 12 and 13 (also known as post 16) is green college.
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