Tragedy
The school experienced a tragic loss in the early hours of January 1, 2009 when a lower sixth form pupil was accidentally killed at Burgess Hill railway station. Later in the year a trust fund was set up by the boys family and was launched after a donation from Virgin boss Richard Branson. Branson donated flights and a week's holiday on his private Caribbean island for a raffle, the proceeds of which went towards the fund.
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“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.”
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