New Building
In September 2007, the college moved out of the old building and into the new £23m+ building situated on the adjoining fields. The school was built under the PFI scheme and is the most expensive school or college ever built in Europe. At a total of £53m the school and grounds are home to some of the finest sporting and educational facilities in the world with some of the sporting facilities including; a 25 m swimming pool, three 3rd generation rubber crum pitches, a double sports hall, a single sports hall, fitness suite, dance studio, free weights room and numerous tennis and football pitches.
Not only does the school take pride in its sporting facilities but also in its 'outstanding' (Ofsted 2007) educational facilities. The school boasts a total number of 8 'ICT laboratories' with an additional learning centre named the 'discovery zone', all with state-of-the-art computer facilities. The school also is equipped with a 300+ seat auditorium, an exhibition area, an audio visual suite, Apple Mac suites for the use of media studies classes, electronic registration and monitoring system, a drama studio(s), music recital rooms, outdoor eating facilities (referred to as 'pods'), 4 separate student break areas (quads) and excellent science experimentation facilities.
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