School
The Newpark campus covers 100,543m² (25 acres). The school is centred in a purpose-built block, opened in 1974, but also uses two large houses, "Melfield" and "Belfort" (Referred to as the Red-Brick by students), a purpose-built extension to Belfort (The D/F Building), a gate lodge and other ancillary rooms.
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