Facilities
The school has a tradition in sport, music, drama and politics, with facilities such as:
- A large, floodlit astroturf pitch on the lower school site used mainly for hockey and football (1997)
- A sports recreational hall, located on the lower school site, opened by HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew. (2004)
- A sports recreational hall with a fitness suite, changing rooms and classrooms located on the upper school site. (2006)
- The school has 10 floodlit, five a side football pitches with clubhouse and parking located on the lower school site. The facility is run by the private company Powerleague, and is available for community use outside of school hours. (2007)
- Extensive, well drained playing fields on both the upper and lower school sites which are used for home matches by the schools rugby and football teams.
- Traditional school gyms with climbing equipment, ropes, gymnastic apparatus and crash mats on both the upper and lower school sites.
- The Dutch Barn, formerly a derelict gym on the lower school site, has been converted into a hall used for school assemblies, art exhibitions and the annual Matthew Pasley and Richard Fice Memorial Concerts. (2002)
- A purpose built music block on the lower school site (2009)
- A dedicated drama studio.
- A large vertical climbing wall and horizontal bouldering wall (2011)
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