Community
The school has a school council; the team of pupils and sixth formers from across the school is intended to help the students enjoy their time at Pate's more beneficially and give them a voice in school affairs.
The school competes in the Young Enterprise competition held amongst schools nationwide. In 2007, it reached the national finals for the Make Your Mark Enterprise Challenge held in London. The school was also named as one of the four winners of the annual BBC School's Question Time competition in 2009.
Pate's is also involved with charity work and has a Charity Committee elected each year; in 2007–08, over £16,000 was raised. The school is situated in a deprived area of Cheltenham and under the headmaster Richard Kemp was encouraged deprived students to apply.
The current headmaster is Russell Elicot, who tookover from Shaun Fenton in September 2012.
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