Pupils
The school has 524 pupils, 349 boys and 175 girls,. Of these, 155 are in the Sixth Form (106 boys and 49 girls). Just over one-fifth of pupils are boarders (98 boys and 28 girls). Nearly six out of every ten pupils enter into Year 7, about half from the preparatory school and the rest mainly from maintained primary schools. The other two-fifths enter into Year 9, mainly from local preparatory schools. The majority of day pupils live within 15 miles of the school.
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